in reply to Re^3: Output in variable
in thread Output in variable

What, you mean like ...
$PatternToMatch="^SELECT"; $tmpfile="pattern.txt"; $var = ''; open(MYFILE, "<$tmpfile")|| die "Cannot create $tmpfile\n"; while (<MYFILE>) { $var .= $_ if /$PatternToMatch/; } . . . . eval $var;
??

A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))