I need a batch program in perl to process some files.[ I run perl in Dos prompt( ActivePerl for windows is installed ] I have a list of file names in a txt file called "list.txt" This txt file contains 100 file names ex: 200210_1_1001 200210_1_1002 200210_1_1003...so on till 100. I have a perl program called "info.pl" My command line for processing single file is like " info 200210_1_1002 system date user" I want this to be processed for all 100 files by a batch file in perl. I would appreciate if anyone would guide me. thanks in advance :-) little scorpion

It would be more efficient to modify your current script to readin and loop through your list.txt file. I assume you mean "system date" to be today's date formated in some manor. Since you're not real clear on what this is, I'll leave it as you posted. Here's a command line version. perl -ne "chomp; system(\"info.pl $_ system date user\");" list.txt Here's a script version. #!perl -w open(LIST, 'list.txt') || die "can't open list.txt $!"; while (<LIST>) { chomp; system("info.pl $_ system date user"); } close LIST;