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while is also easier to use to loop through a hash than a foreach #foreach foreach $keys (keys(%hash)) { # gives you only keys. With values, the foreach loop # gets even more complicated. } # while while (($keys,$values) = each(%hash)) { # lets you use both values of a hash...

Thanks for both suggestions. The script now works perfectly!

I changed the code accordingly: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use File::NCopy qw(copy); my $oldserv = "./testing"; my $newserv = "./testing2"; my $usernumfile = "./usrbynum.txt"; my $usershortfile = "./srnames.txt"; my %finishedusers; open USERNUMS, "< $usernumfile" or die "$!"; open...

OK, I've edited the code a bit more, using proper syntax with use strict. I am now getting a syntax error, and the script still wont work. New Code: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use File::NCopy qw(copy); my $oldserv = "./testing"; my $newserv = "./testing2"; my $usernumfile =...

Please note that, although I am a student at this school, I am a friend with the sys admin, and I am helping with this merge for that reason. It is not homework (just thought I should clear any doubt, because I saw the note about homework).

My situation is this: My school used to have their student/faculty login system setup, so each user loged in with their full name "First Last". This 'full name' was actually a psydonym for the real UNIX username, which was u character, followed by 3-5 addititonal digits (ie u881). We have since...