Hello Monks , I am new to perl , I have a small question here : I have an input file that look like this : 
profile FIRSTGRADE

location here
age 23
color brown
sport n/a
firstname Amy
lastname Cako
middlename M
school n/a
job n/a

END
profile SECONDGRADE

location there
age 24
color white
sport n/a
firstname James
lastname Don    
middlename M
school n/a
job n/a

END
profile THIRDGRADE

location here
age 29
color brown
sport n/a
firstname Amy
lastname Mando
middlename S
school n/a
job n/a

END

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from my perl script I will be giving the profile name for example SECONDGRADE , then I will have to open that file and read to get the firstname lastname and middlename for the person in the SECONDGRADE which in this case will be : 
firstname : James
lastname : Don
middlename : M

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the order within the input file might change line before the other . Can someone help? 

open ( input , "<input.doc" ) or die " couldn't ";
while (<input>)
{
if(m/$grade/) { $subLine = $_ }
} 

# not sure

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In reply to greping inside a file by samy1212

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