Create a hash with 19200 entries. The key will be the values you want to have stored in that file and the value will be the filehandle. Then, iterate through your file, parsing each line. Find the filehandle associated with that value and print the line to that filehandle. Something like:
use IO::File; my %filehandle; while (my ($k, $v) = associate_filename_with_values()) { $filehandle{$v} = IO::File->new(">$k") || die "Cannot open '$k' for writing\n"; } my $data_fh = IO::File->new($datafile) || die "Cannot open '$datafile' for reading\n"; while (<$data_fh>) { chomp; next unless length $_; my @line = split, /\s+/; my $value = $line[SOME_INDEX]; $filehandle{$value}->print("$_\n"); } $data_fh->close; $_->close for values %filehandle;
That code will need some work, especially in associating filename with value, but that should give you a headstart.

Of course, if you want to pay me to write it for you, email me at rkinyon@columbus.rr.com - I charge decent rates for bioinformatics work.

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In reply to Re: How split big file depending of number of iterations by dragonchild
in thread How split big file depending of number of iterations by Anonymous Monk

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