Question

I am looking for a way to launch a batch file if a particular string exists in a text file. For example – i want to check file.txt for the string ‘working’. if it exists – i would like to launch a batch file.

Answer 1

use strict;
use warnings;

open my $fh, '<', $file or die "unable to open '$file' for reading :$!";

while(my $line = <$fh>){
    chomp($line);
    if($line =~ /working/){
       my $result = qx/some.bat/;  # use backtick or system()
       last;
    }
}

close($fh);