open SOURCE, "</path/to/my/file.txt"; my @lines = <SOURCE>; my $start = <whatever>; # set to where you want to start. foreach my $ix($start..$#lines) { my $line=$lines[$ix]; #Do the get request magic; }

another method:

use strict; use Tie::File; tie @lines,"Tie::File","< /path/to/my/file.txt" or die "$!"; my $start =<whatever>; foreach my $ix($start..$#lines) { my $line=$lines[$ix]; #Do the get request magic; }

The second method has the advantage of not loading all the file into memory.


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In reply to Re: Foreach loop help. Start from specific line by blue_cowdawg
in thread Foreach loop help. Start from specific line by Doozer

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