Hi having an odd problem I am doing this: 
      my $outputpage;      

      open(TEMPLATE, "default_redirect.html") or 
      die "can't open redirect page $!";
   
      while( <TEMPLATE> )
      {
                
           $outputpage .= <TEMPLATE>;    

      }

      

      close(TEMPLATE);

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with this text file: 
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="1;URL="http://my_server.com/new_us
+er.cgi?id=<var>ID</var>&template=index.shtml">
</head>
<body>
Enter appropriate school page here
</body>

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but it is skipping the odd numbered lines any clue why?

In reply to Reading in Text File and skipping lines by Angel

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