hi guys, I'm very new to perl. Ok, let's assume that I have a file named *user.txt* contained with my user name : donna maria karina .. .. .. etc I want to make a file for each of them. The file name and the content should contained with their names, eg. .qmail-donna, .qmail-maria and ..qmail-karina. so far, here's my code : (which isn't working) #!/usr/bin/perl $file="user.txt"; open FILE,$file; @user=<FILE>; close FILE; foreach $lines (@user){ system "echo |/usr/local/blah ./$lines/maildir/filter > .qmail-$lines"; } please help me to make the right code. thank you. regards, Gregor WATCHOUT! 3RD INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONTMENTAL ARCHITECTURE + DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE, 9-10 MARCH 2002, YOGYAKARTA http://senvar.virtue.nu or http://senvar.uajy.web.id NATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION http://senvar.uajy.web.id/lombadesainThread Next