Re: Re: Read n lines from the top of a text file

This (reading 10 lines from the top of a text file) was the first hole in the recent fwp golf competition. Here's a summary of the solutions.

The cleverest answer was by Piers Cawley:

#!/usr/bin/perl -p
11..&
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Bonus points if you can figure out how it works :-)

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Re: Re: Re: Read n lines from the top of a text file by tachyon (Chancellor) on Dec 23, 2001 at 19:35 UTC
Hmm that is really obscure. `C:\>perl -pe "11..&" test.pl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Undefined subroutine &main::; called, <> line 11. C:\>` [download] cheers tachyon s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print	[reply] [d/l]