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in thread Split file, first 30 lines only

Thank you huck, I'll not bother you any more. Appreciate your help and patience. Rick

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Re^7: Split file, first 30 lines only
by huck (Prior) on Feb 27, 2017 at 23:35 UTC

    it wasnt you i was harping about, its the nit-pickers

    This now bothers me qr/\'\n'/, the quotes in there, your lines may begin and end with a single quote you dont want. if so add 

    $line=~s/^\'//; 
$line=~s/\'$//;

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    after the "chomp" line;

    i think im just getting old, this stuff just stands out after i hit create.... but not before

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      Thanks again huck, appreciate your effort here!! Rick
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