in reply to reading a particular line in a large text file

In     sysopen(IDX,$indexname, O_CREAT|O_RDWR),
$indexname  will be  dvd_subtitles_final.txt.index.

I'm guessing you just want    dvd_subtitles_final.index,
so you'll have to remove the  .txt  first.

TheEnigma

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Re^2: reading a particular line in a large text file
by fadingjava (Acolyte) on Oct 15, 2004 at 20:40 UTC
    nope . tried doing that, doesnt help . same message cannot open dvd_subtitles_final.index for read/write.
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