Thanks Bob, but I'm afraid the apache web server and cgi script approach is way over my head. Really hoping for a minimalist solution that is much simpler to just do the search on a plain, unformatted text file (perhaps with grep?). Joe --------------- Bob Elzer wrote: > Do you have an apache web server > what about a CGI script > I had my phone list in a CSV file, I then have two Perl scripts > The first one builds a web page with the list > The second is a CGI, that searches the HTML file > and retrieves the matching lines. > You enter your search criteria in a simple HTML form. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss