I have a log file with lines that look like [2001/03/12 08:45:38 INFO AVTransaction Compiled Code] Abandon transaction: SYcadChangeOrder:30915 After figuring out transaction numbers I need to scour another logfile to find any match in any line with the $transaction_id. In this case the trans number is 30915. The following snippet doesnt find the match. What am I doing wrong? 
                open (PROLOG,"$provision_log") || die "Cannot open the
+ file: $!";
                    while (<PROLOG>) {
                    chomp;                
                    $pro_logline=$_;
                    print "$pro_logline\n";
                        if ($pro_logline =~ /$transaction_id/) {
                        print "We found a match\nPro_log:$pro_logline\
+nAuditlog $logline\n";
                    $jhg=<STDIN>;
                } # End of if prolog
                }  # End of while for Prolog run
                close (PROLOG);

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Thanks in advance!!! RV

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