Re^2: Is there any efficient way i can take out a specific column from hundreds of files and put it in one file?

this is great, may i ask what @ARGV and <> do in the second code? I googled it and i learned that empty diamond reads the @ARGV. So if you just set @ARGV = <*.txt> it reads any .txt file saved in that directory in order? If i want to skip the first line for every file, what should i do? I tried many things but it won't work. I usually used <$fh>; to read the first line and tried, next if $. <2 but neither worked.. Is there anyway you can skip the header(the first line) when using while(<>){} ???

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Re^3: Is there any efficient way i can take out a specific column from hundreds of files and put it in one file? by Lotus1 (Vicar) on Sep 29, 2014 at 03:47 UTC
The Anonymous Monk deleted the header row in the code provided above. `delete $row{Gene};` That seems like the easiest way to do it. To do what you are asking here you can use eof. Also refer to Variables related to filehandles	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Is there any efficient way i can take out a specific column from hundreds of files and put it in one file? by coolda (Novice) on Sep 29, 2014 at 16:50 UTC
oh yes i noticed that, however my actual files has one more line above the row deleted by `delete $row{Gene};` [download] So i need to skip the first row and then delete the Gene row.. thanks for the input, i'll look into the links	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Is there any efficient way i can take out a specific column from hundreds of files and put it in one file? by coolda (Novice) on Sep 29, 2014 at 19:30 UTC
i used next if /^/ ; it works well!! thanks,	[reply]