On 1/30/09 4:39 PM, "Jay Luker" <jay.luker_at_GMAIL.COM> wrote: > $r = do { local $/; <C> }; > > Explained here: > http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=287647 As long as I can afford the RAM (a batch of MARC records might be 10's or 100's of megabytes in size), this looks like the best solution. Thanks. jay.luker++ -- Eric Lease Morgan University of Notre DameReceived on Mon Feb 02 2009 - 08:43:39 EST