note LanX please try to condense code to the relevant parts or mark them better.<P> I really started counting the lines till 35 before I saw your comment.<P> something like: <c> $line = <FILE>; # <---------- 35 # this line doesn't work. don't know what's wrong here.. </c><P> is easier to find.<P> anyway, you did it twice:<P> <c> @buf = <FILE>; # you reading all lines of FILE into @buf foreach $line (@buf) { # OK! (well, "my $line" would be better) $line = <FILE>; # but now reading again a single line !?! # which is undef after EOF </c><P> please less cargo cult programming!<P> Don't c&p different approaches from other snippets, better try to understand what's happening.<P> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-708738"> <p>Cheers Rolf </div></div> 1008518 1008518