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Re^3: skipping the first line of a file

by johngg (Canon)
on Jun 12, 2009 at 22:44 UTC ( #771131=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: skipping the first line of a file
in thread skipping the first line of a file

silently reads the next line

I use $discard to make it more obvious that the return value of the readline is being thrown away.

Cheers,

JohnGG

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