First of all, I have no idea what you are trying to do. If you are running a second Perl script, thru system, you are going about it wrong. Why not combine all operations into one script?

The problem we are all having, is that your question dosn't seem to make sense; and it's hard for experienced programmers to warp their minds into fixing some sort of Rube Goldberg code contraption.

What you should do, is show what is in those files, even if just a few sample lines. Then say what you want to do with the files and data...like what output do you expect?

Once we have a clear idea of what you need to do to the files, and what they contain, we can give you a good answer. Otherwise, we are just trying to figure WHY you are doing it your way? Finally, use warnings, and strict. Many problems, like yours are caused by global variables acting unexpectedly, and it shows good faith on your part, to use warnings and strict.

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth Remember How Lucky You Are

In reply to Re^3: Array problem......PLEASE HELP! by zentara
in thread Array problem......PLEASE HELP! by green_lakers

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.