Hmm, for skipping a header, I usually prefer to do it before entering the main loop. For example: 
open( my $in, "<", q(cc.txt) ) || die $!;
$useless_header_line = <$in> for 1..8;

while (<$in>) {
    # print;
}

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Two reasons for that. It is more self-documenting. If my file has 500 million lines (and, yes, I am commonly dealing with such file sizes), I do not like the idea to make a useless test so many times. The test is pretty fast and has probably relatively limited impact of performance, but, still, it is still against my sense of economy or ecology.

Je suis Charlie.

In reply to Re^2: script assistance please by Laurent_R
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