This statement:  if($line =~ /!bgs/){  is syntactically correct, but probably isn't doing what you want: it's checking to see whether $line contains the string "!bgs" somewhere, not the rather longer string defined by your here document. Presuming $bgs is just a string, and not a command to be executed you may want something more like this:

while(<SH>){
    if(/$bgs/) {# Note $ means it's a variable, to be interpolated; ! 
+doesn't
          #do processing for true case
    }
    else{
          #do processing for false case
    }

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You really, really should study the documentation. I think Perl has quite clear, well organized documentation (it's not perfect, but then producing perfect documentation is at least as hard as producing perfect code); you're missing something. I also think you may be failing to tell us something. Your $bgs string looks a lot like a command, and if you want to capture its output, you'll have to use backticks.

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In reply to Re: I just want IF, OR, OR not every one by swampyankee
in thread I just want IF, OR, OR not every one by wcj75019

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