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this code doesn't work @all, all it does is flooding my screen with asterisks. please do refer to the sample data files i've posted. appreciate ur help very much

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Re^3: shell commands doesn't integrate with perl
by jethro (Monsignor) on Jul 19, 2011 at 12:33 UTC
    Which just means it doesn't find any of the patterns you are looking for. If I look at your test data, the patterns all look like "EN-1000-0002-1", while the files have ids like "EN--1000-0002-1". a remarkably obvious difference. No wonder the script doesn't find anything