Hi Perl Experts, I've heard great things of what Perl can do and i'm trying to pick it up the hard way. However, i've got an urgent task to complete which i'm trying to write a simple Perl script to get the job done. I'm needed to read a log file and search/extract every line which contains a word (e.g. gateway) out to a seperate file. Below is what i've tried so far. Please don't mock me but show me some light on how to get this done. Your kind assistance will be greatly appreciated. 
print "Specify file to read.\n";
$file = <STDIN>;
chomp $file;
print "Identified file is $file\n";
print "Is this correct?\n";
$confirm = <STDIN>;
chomp $confirm;

if ($confirm eq "yes") {
    print "Commencing work on $file.\n";
    workings ();
} else {
        #WHAT NEXT?
}


## Subroutine to open & read logfile
sub workings {
open (LOGFILE, $file);         #Open & read specified file
while (<STDIN>) {         #reads every line of file.
    if (/gateway/) {     
    #HOW TO EXTRACT TO ANOTHER TXT FILE?

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In reply to search and extract lines which contain a word by m@cky

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