note Neighbour I later realised that instead of using <c> if (/$start/ or /$stop/) { print; } </c> I could just as well use (and more efficient too): <c> if ($&) { print; } </c> The meaning of <c>$&</c> is explained in [doc://perlvar] as <blockquote>The string matched by the last successful pattern match.</blockquote>You can also use <c>$MATCH</c> if you <c>use English;</c> 976789 976798