Ok this piece of code opens a file take out text in the first line written like this [text]. It deletes the  [ and ] and then prints the result.Still with me. O.K.
The only problem is the program returns nothing, zilch, nada, rud ar bith. 
my $location = "hall";

open(LOC, $location) or die "Could not open area script $location.\n" 
+.
                       "Please check if the file was deleted or moved.
+\n";
while(<LOC>){
my $info = $_;
chomp($info);
my $length = length($info);
$length = $length--;
my $data = substr $info, 1, $length;
last;
}

print $data;

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Help Please.

All the Best, Eoin...

If everything seems to be going well, you obviously don't know what the hell is going on.

In reply to What?? delete chars. by eoin

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