Hi, I am trying to parse some compressed logs, but am having no luck. I have a list of things to search for, and a changing list of files (based on dates). I can get the list of files with no problem, and can get the info oon the command line with the following command: 
zcat file.gz | grep "Joe Sinclair" > output.txt

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Inside my script I am doing what I believe to be the same thing, but I keep getting errors about opening the file. Here is a sample of the code that I am using: 
my $filename = "file.gz";
my $reg1 = "Joe Sinclair";
my $reg2 = "Bill Halburg";
open INFILE, 'zcat $filename  |' or print "ERROR - Could not open $fil
+ename";
while($line = <INFILE>) {
    print $line if($line =~ /$reg1/);
        print $line if($line =~ /$reg2/);
}
close(INFILE);

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What am I doing wrong? Thanks

In reply to dynamic zcat and grep by clmcshque

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