in reply to Equivalent of Linux Grep Command

Perl being the "glue language" par excellence, why don't you just shell out and call he Unix grep? There is no shame in relying on tried and trusted tools.

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom