Try this.., 
open (DATAFILE3, $prog);
@lines = <DATAFILE3>;
close(DATAFILE3);

$lines[76] =~ s/^(\S+\s+\S+).*/$1/;
print "$lines[76]><br>\n"

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Also, it is not a good practice to read the entire file in a single attempt. Think, what happens if the file is huge in size?

Try something like this to avoid reading the file like the above

open (DATAFILE3, $prog);
while (<DATAFILE3>) {
     next if 1 .. 75; # flip-flop operator
     $line = $_;
     last;
}
# $line has the 76th line, do your stuff now.

close(DATAFILE3);

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In reply to Re: Question about reading specific line in a text file by nagalenoj
in thread Question about reading specific line in a text file by palsy017

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