Re: grep return the entire file not the line which matches

[GotToBTru]

in reply to grep return the entire file not the line which matches

Check your syntax on the grep command as well. It should probably be:
@data=grep /$en/,@eng_dat;

[Anonymous Monk]

This is the correct. The syntax would be:

@data=grep /$en/,@eng_dat;

or it can be equivalently:

@data=grep (/$en/,@eng_dat);

as mentioned here: http://programmingbulls.com/perl-grep