in reply to how do i reset a filehandle?

Use the seek command. 
seek HANDLE,0,0;

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you mileage may vary if trying to seek on streams or pipes (like STDIN).

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RE: Re: how do i reset a filehandle?
by Zoogie (Curate) on Jun 01, 2000 at 07:10 UTC
    Just to clarify lhoward's answer:
    The second parameter for seek is a position, the third parameter is what the position is relative to:

    0 Relative to the beginning of the file.
    1 Relative to the current position.
    2 Relative to the end of the file.

    So, 

      seek HANDLE,0,0
    means to move to index 0 relative to the beginning of the file.
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RE: Re: how do i reset a filehandle?
by Zoogie (Curate) on Jun 01, 2000 at 07:11 UTC
    Just to clarify lhoward's answer:
    The second parameter for seek is a position, the third parameter is what the position is relative to:

    0 Relative to the beginning of the file.
    1 Relative to the current position.
    2 Relative to the end of the file.

    So, 

      seek HANDLE,0,0
    means to move to index 0 relative to the beginning of the file.
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