#!/usr/bin/perl # Program name: perlReadAndFormat.pl # Purpose: Open disk file. Read and display the records in # the file. Count the number of records in the file. format LABEL = @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< $CUSTID @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< $fname @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< $lname @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< $phone @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< $address @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< $city @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< $state @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< $zip @<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< $email . #$topmargin = 0.60; #$poleft = 0.4; $pomiddle = 3.20; $poright = 5.95; $lheight = 1; $row = int($opt{r}) || 1; # chop off any fractional parts and $col = int($opt{c}) || 1; if ($col == 1) { $po = $poleft; } elsif ($col == 2) { $po = $pomiddle; } else { $po = $poright; } # $sp = ($topmargin + ($row - 1)*$lheight); # required terminator for format definition open (FILEIN, "cust.txt") || warn "Could not open passwd file\n"; open (LABEL, ">labels-to-print") || warn "Can't create labels file\n"; while () { #print "$_"; ($CUSTID,$fname,$lname,$phone,$address,$city,$state,$zip,$email) = split(/,/,$_); # Or use array: @fields = split(/,/,$_); write(LABEL); # send to output ++$line_count; } print ("File \"passwd\" has $line_count lines. \n"); close (FILEIN); close (LABEL);