Is there a quick way to get the last line of info of a text file into a variable (perferrably an array) that I can use other than doing a: while (<IN>) { if ($_ eq "") { @MyArrayValue = splice(/|/,$_); } } or thereabout.. I am not sure about the splice command again. fields are separated by a | char, and lines separated by a \n character. I write to MacPerl, even though I don't use too much macPerl part of it. Feel free to reference it if you need to. Thanks -T- timjudd@teleport.com HTTP://www.teleport.com/~timjudd/ IRC nick: StayPuft *NO* chain letters of any kind! World Wide Web Page designer, ask for it PGP available. I'll offer to anyone who has a valid reason for needing it.