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Author: briandfoy

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ These are the sample files for *Learning Perl, 7th Edition*.
 	so you can see your tacs program in action.
 
 * Chapter 8, Matching with Regular Expressions
-	- [pattern_test.pl](Chapter 8/pattern_test.pl] is the program we use to test regular expressions
+	- [pattern_test.pl](https://github.com/briandfoy/Learning-Perl-Sample-Files/blob/master/Chapter%208/pattern_test.pl] is the program we use to test regular expressions
 
 * Chapter 10, More Control Structures
 	- [/Chapter%2010/lnr_example.pl] is a demonstration of last, next, and redo ("lnr")