You're almost there. I think you probably want something like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl

$infile = "my_file";

open (FILE, $infile) or die "Unable to open $infile: $!";
while(<FILE>) {

  if (/^Info I want/../^Start of Info/) {

    print unless (/^Start of Info/);
  }
}
close (FILE);

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I haven't tested this .. but it should point you in the right direction. Note that a) I tested the open to make sure that the operation succeeded, and b) I didn't read the file into an array.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

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In reply to Re: Parse a block of text by talexb
in thread Parse a block of text by annie06

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