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in thread Split file, first 30 lines only

but still reads whole file.
thats what get($fullfile)does , read the whole file at once.

and i think @hippo meant 

last if $line_count > 29;

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Put it right after $line_count++;. You may Read the whole file via get, but then only PROCESS the beginning

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Re^4: Split file, first 30 lines only
by wrkrbeee (Scribe) on Feb 27, 2017 at 23:16 UTC
    Thanks huck, I now understand the difference between read and process. Any thoughts on how I could approach the idea of "reading" the web page line by line? Thanks for your patience.
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      Lets see if i can keep everyone happy here 

      ...
my $line_count=0;
open (my $fh , '<', $fullfile) or die 'something'; 
while (my $line=<$fh>) { 
        last if $line_count > 29;
############## needed to add this dayum 
chomp $line; 
############## needed to add this 
        if($line=~m/^\s*CENTRAL\s*INDEX\s*KEY:\s*(\d*)/m){$cik=$1;}
        if($line=~m/^\s*FORM\s*TYPE:\s*(.*$)/m){$form_type=$1;}
        if($line=~m/^\s*CONFORMED\s*PERIOD\s*OF\s*REPORT:\s*(\d*)/m){$
+report_date=$1;}
        if($line=~m/^\s*FILED\s*AS\s*OF\s*DATE:\s*(\d*)/m){$file_date=
+$1;}
        if($line=~m/^\s*COMPANY\s*CONFORMED\s*NAME:\s*(.*$)/m){$name=$
+1;}
        $line_count++;
        print "$cik, $form_type, $report_date, $file_date, $name\n";
    
        print "$line_count,' ', $line,' '\n";

    }
close $fh or die 'something'; 
...

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      Off the top of my head, and Untested, YMMV

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[d/l]
        Thank you huck, I'll not bother you any more. Appreciate your help and patience. Rick
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