in reply to Re: any idea how push (@$user,"$ent_date\t$message\t$firewall\t$service");
in thread any idea how push (@$user,"$ent_date\t$message\t$firewall\t$service");

Not necessarily a symbolic reference; it could be an overloaded object.

The hash discards order, which may be important.

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