Call to sub-routine
my $removeq = $remove;
        my $sourcefile = "/u/ccsys/CC_print.printers";
        my $tempfile = "/u/ccsys/CC_print.printers.bkp_mkpq";
        &cleanthefile( $removeq, $sourcefile, $tempfile );

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sub cleanthefile {
    my @filehandles;
    my ( $sourcefile, $removeq, $tempfile ) = @filehandles;

    # Keep a dedicated backup of CC_print.printers
    if (-e "/root/CC_print.printers.bkp" ) {
        `cp -R $filehandles[1] $filehandles[2]`;
# create a temporary file
        if (-T ne "$filehandles[2]") {
        system("touch /u/ccsys/CC_print.printers.tmp");
        }

      # extract lines from $sourcefile which do NOT have the string to
+ remove
      # note that the \' inserts ticks so that strings with spaces can
+ work, too
        if ( -T "$filehandles[2]") {
        # system ("cat $sourcefile \| grep -v $removeq $sourcefile > $
+tempfile");
        `grep -v $filehandles[0] $filehandles[1] /dev/null /dev/null >
+ $filehandles[2]`;
        sleep 1;
        print "Waiting to unlink..\n";

        # delete source file, then rename working file
        unlink($filehandles[1]);
        rename( $filehandles[2], $filehandles[1] );
        system("rm -rf $filehandles[2]");

    }
}
    else {
        system("touch /u/ccsys/CC_print.printers.bkp");
        system("cp -R $filehandles[1] /root/CC_print.printer.bkp");
        print "Please re-run the program, had to create a backup\n";

    }
}

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I think you've got me on the right path Kyle, I can actually print the array of elements "@filehandles". It comes out in a order queuename, sourcefile, tempfile. Thanks so much for the help!

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in thread Program unsuspectingly dies with no reason why. -FIXED! by misconfiguration

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