Hello again, i am at university right now, and for the TIE::FILE does nto work at all.... i tried..but i m not sure if its right i will paste this code 
                                       open(data,"userlist.txt") or di
+e "$@";
     while ($line = <data>)
     {
                                               @details = split(/:/,$l
+ine);
                                               if ($name[0] eq $detail
+s[0])
                                               {
                                               print "check -----> $de
+tails[0] , $details[1] ,$downloadTotal \n";
                                                   open(FH, ">download
+temp.txt") or die "$@";
                                                   print "check 2 ----
+-> $details";
                                                   print(FH $downloadT
+otal);
                                                    open(FH,">>userlis
+t.txt") or die "$@";
                                                   $details[2] = $ det
+ails[2] + $downloadTotal;
                                                   $newline = $details
+[0].':'.$details[1].':'.$details[2];
                                                   print(FH $newline);
+ 
                                                }

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i checked the userlist.txt its like this after this: kevin:12345678: dex:12345678:11955436 brandon:12345678:kevin:12345678:12348kevin:12345678:134kevin:12345678:135

In reply to Re^2: updating/modifying line in a file by bran4ever
in thread updating/modifying line in a file by bran4ever

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