From: Martin DeMello Date: 2003-01-31T02:02:44+09:00 Subject: Re: reading past a file header ts wrote: >>>>>> "M" == Martin DeMello writes: > > M> flag = true if line =~ /^--begin--$/ > > > next if 1 .. line =~ /^--begin--$/ > > it will begin the processing *after* the line /^--begin--$/ Thanks! The line after --begin-- is precisely what I need. martin