in reply to Re: Save all but line 32!
in thread Save all but line 32!

Some None of the other solutions will not correctly handle a list of files either (only the ones using $. will). And this one is easily extended to do so: perl -MTie::File -e 'tie(@file, 'Tie::File', $_) and splice @file, 31, 1 for @ARGV' file1 file2 file3 Update: zigdon is right. I should have tested.

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re: Re^2: Save all but line 32!
by zigdon (Deacon) on Sep 18, 2002 at 19:58 UTC
    I thought $. only resets on a close call? meaning the <> operator doesn't reset it, since it never closes the filehandles. So the following code will omit the 35th line only for the first file, but not for any other file:
    perl -ne 'print unless $. == 35' file1 file2
    Is that correct?

    -- Dan