That could be written more succinctly as:

while (defined (my $Line = <TESTFILE>)) {
    next if ($Line =~ m/^#/);
    next if $Line !~ /(option(?:1|2|3|4|6|7))\s*=\s*(.*)/;
    print "$1 = <$2>\n";
}
close (TESTFILE);

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although I doubt very much that the code you have shown so far is your actual code. Maybe if you showed us some real code that you have actually run and that demonstrates the problem you describe.

True laziness is hard work

In reply to Re^2: Sending Email to a list of people using Mail::Sender by GrandFather
in thread Sending Email to a list of people using Mail::Sender by mlebel

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