On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:46:55 -0400 (EDT) Richard Reina <richard at rushlogistics.com> wrote: my $fh = ''; open $fh, '<', $path1 or open $fh, '<', $path2 or die "$path1, $path2"; -- Steven Lembark 3646 Flora Pl Workhorse Computing St Louis, MO 63110 lembark at wrkhors.com +1 888 359 3508