In article <38FAC4FF.73BC026B@mailgate.net>, Paolo Campanella <paolo@mailgate.net> wrote: > open (PROC,'/proc/net/tcp'); > while (<PROC>) { > push(@lines,$_); > } > close PROC; No advice about /proc weirdness, but be aware that <FH> has a list context: open (PROC,'/proc/net/tcp'); @lines = <PROC> close PROC; ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe