Re^2: nested loops to compare 2 files is only looping a limited number of times.

yes, the loops do break on the first failed match of file 1 against file 2.

I can see that that is what is breaking it now that you've pointed it out but I was under the impression that when the inner loop had gone to the end of it's file it would break to the next iteration of the outer loop.

do I need to label the out loop (e.g. LABEL:) and then do something like if (/EOF/) { next LABEL;} then?

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Re^3: nested loops to compare 2 files is only looping a limited number of times. by Transient (Hermit) on Jun 23, 2009 at 13:33 UTC
When the inner loop goes to the end of it's file, it stays there. It doesn't reset the file pointer every time you enter that while loop. adding a `seek BS, 0, 0` before your inner while loops should get your on the right track.	[reply] [d/l]