Hello monks!
I have a program that among other things, reads from a file (a large file) in this manner: 
  #opening the file for reading
  open IN,"$fileName" ;
  #reading the whole file into an array.
  my @F=<IN>; 
  close IN;
  #reading the last line of the file
  my $lastLine=$F[$#F];
  #reading the first line of the file
  my $firstLine=$F[0];

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Now, I have two problems:
1. I have a memory leak and I think this might be the source since the file is large and is read a few times every minute
2. I now need to find a specific line in the file not only the first and last like the example shows(I know the suffix) is there a better way that to run on the (loop) array and find it ? Thanks a lot! you guys always save me!

In reply to Reading from a file by just dave

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