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open(IN, $oneper) or die "Can't open file $oneper for reading: $!\n"; open(INDEX, "+>$file.idx") or die "Can't open $file.idx for read/write +: $!\n"; ... $offset = tell($data_file); } }
# usage: line_with_index(*DATA_HANDLE, *INDEX_HANDLE, $LINE_NUMBER) # returns line or undef if LINE_NUMBER was out of range ... seek($data_file, $d_offset, 0); return scalar(<$data_file>); }