Did you read your own posting? It contained this: 

"Enter date of config file using : ";  
chomp ( $date_cfg = );

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If you didn't use < nor > then your code is seriously broken and won't even compile. It seemed clear that your second line was originally something like: 

chomp ( $date_cfg = <STDIN> );

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And having such things stripped is only one consequence of you ignoring simple instructions. Try the "d/l code" link under your posting. It doesn't download any code, does it? I was quite specific in mentioning <code> and </code> tags. I'm sorry I didn't take the time to explain in detail why I recommended what I did.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to RE: RE: Re: Search for file using element of path as file name by tye
in thread Search for file using element of path as file name by Limo

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