Re^2: match multi-lines from config file

/^description/ && last while <IN>;

that confused the heck out of me! how about this form? $_ = <IN> until /^description/;
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doh!

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Re^3: match multi-lines from config file by GrandFather (Saint) on Aug 07, 2007 at 10:41 UTC
Because that tests $_ before the first value is assigned to it and doesn't terminate for a file that doesn't include a matching line! DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply]