in reply to How do I seek to a certain position in a file?

open (FILE, "filename.txt")
    or die "Could not open filename.txt";

# Store the contents of the file in an array, one line per element
my @array = <FILE>;
close FILE;

# Print line 10
print $array[10];

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Re: Answer: How do I seek to a certain position in a file?
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 30, 2007 at 01:51 UTC
    If there is a specific pattern you are looking for then you might want to use a if statement and match for the pattern using the ~m/pattern/ Shashidhar Iddamsetty
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