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Old 01-24-2008
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Try something like this:

Code:
#!/46020/local/bin/perl -w
$/="\n\n";
while (<STDIN>) { if (/$ARGV[0]/) { print $_ }}

./scriptname.pl SEARCH_STR < /mypath/inputFILE.txt