Here is something wich should work. It litle big but you can cut it. 

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+-----
# read array from file
sub read_file {
    my ( $line );
    if ( not open(FILE, $file_path) ) {
    &logging( "Can't open database file." ); 
    die;
    }
    if ( $file_lock ) { flock(FILE, 1); }
    @file = ();
    while ( $line = <FILE> ) {
    chomp($line);
    push(@file, $line);
    }
}
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Now you can do anything you want with array @file. 

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+-----
# write array back to file
sub write_file {
    my ( $line );
    if ( not open(FILE, ">".$file_path) ) {
        &logging( "Can't open database file." ); 
    die;
    }
    if ( $file_lock ) { flock(FILE, 2); }
    foreach $line ( @file ) { print FILE "$line\n"; }
    close(FILE);
}

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if $file_lock is <> 0 then script will use file locking.

Li Tin O've Weedle
mad Tsort's philosopher

In reply to Re: Opening a file for reading or writing (was: Newbie) by LiTinOveWeedle
in thread Opening a file for reading or writing (was: Newbie) by padangboy

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