in reply to Re^3: Accessing a file from the perl
in thread Accessing a file from the perl

The unless ($found) check needs to be after the while loop, not within  (before having run through the entire file, you cannot tell whether a matching entry was found...)

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Re^5: Accessing a file from the perl
by abcdefg (Acolyte) on Jan 12, 2012 at 00:22 UTC

    thanks a lot eliya..it worked.