#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Tie::File; use Fcntl; $ENV{HOME}='C:\Documents and Settings\kompeS\Desktop\PERL SCRIPTS'; my $file= "$ENV{HOME}/partno_C7_5.03.4_prod"; my @array; my $line=""; my @data; my $maps_dir=""; my $dir=""; my $part_no=""; my $chg_lvl=""; my $int_lock=""; my $t_spec=""; my @list=""; my $formatted_list=""; #### #THis is to treat the file as an array ################################ open (FILE,"$file"); close(FILE); tie (@data,'Tie::File',$file, mode=>O_RDWR) or die "Can't tie to $file:$^E\n"; (tied @data)->defer; foreach (@data) { @list=split(/ /,@data); $formatted_list = join("
",@list); print "@list"; print "$formatted_list"; } (tied @data)->flush;