On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 11:55:42PM -0400, Jason Day wrote: > if (/^DCH: +\d.*)$/ && $` ~! /MAINT/) Er, that should be: if (/^(DCH: +\d.*$)/ && $1 !~ /MAINT/) Jason -- Jason Day jasonday at http://jasonday.home.att.net worldnet dot att dot net "Of course I'm paranoid, everyone is trying to kill me." -- Weyoun-6, Star Trek: Deep Space 9