Re^2: Problem with ampersand and regex

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It looks like it trying to make the question overly simple, I made the mistake of omitting something very important. The definition of $line is coming from looping through an array as in the following:

foreach my $line (@array) {
. . .
}
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With that in mind, how can I define $line with single quotes? Sorry for the mistake.

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Re^3: Problem with ampersand and regex by davido (Cardinal) on Dec 19, 2012 at 20:24 UTC
How are you filling `@array`? Dave	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Problem with ampersand and regex by Anonymous Monk on Dec 19, 2012 at 20:30 UTC
It is being filled by the output of a system call to ldapsearch. Thank you.	[reply]
Re^5: Problem with ampersand and regex by frozenwithjoy (Priest) on Dec 19, 2012 at 21:18 UTC
What if you use backticks (`ldapsearch`) instead of `system("ldapsearch")`. When I put `mail: asdf@123.com` in a file and called @array = `cat file`, your script worked, but not when using `@array = system("cat file")`. Take a look at What's the difference between Perl's backticks, system, and exec?. The `system()` call returns the exit status, not the actual result (STDOUT) of the command like the backtick operator does.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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