I once got first and last bits form a file by reading it into a string, grabbing the first bit, reversing the string, grabbing the first bit again (which was the reveresed last bit) then reversing what I grabbed back to normal :-)

I notice you use Tie::File and Im sure I read in the pod that Tie was redundant and DBI should be used.

Tie::File looked like so much fun but I was reluctant to try it so now I just read my file into @lines - which I guess has the drawback of taking up more memory space.

My reluctance is becuase the scripts I write may end up on any version of perl on any server so I dont like relying on specific modules being installed.

Is Tie::File in common use then in the general perl community? 

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