However what happens if I want to read multiple bz2 files instead of 1 bz2 file?

You should just be able to put the code you showed in a loop, for example my @files = ("debug.log.bz2", "debug2.log.bz2", ...); for my $filename (@files) { my $fh = ... }.

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In reply to Re^6: Grep logs by start date and end date in different directories (updated) by haukex
in thread Grep logs by start date and end date in different directories by Anonymous Monk

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