Re: Searching text files

Why not just make a file for each number, in a directory

/home/phones/1/2/3/1/1/3/5/5/6
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then all you've gotta do is

if ( -f "$directory/".join '/' split '' $number ) {
  print "Lordy! don't call them!";
}
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will: do{ perl programing } for ($cash);

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Re^2: Searching text files by Anonymous Monk on Sep 15, 2006 at 15:27 UTC
... A mere two million new directories. Hope you've got this on its own partition!	[reply]
Re^3: Searching text files by f00li5h (Chaplain) on Sep 17, 2006 at 06:05 UTC
Heck, you could even build it all in a ram disk, then it'll be good and quick to access! will: do{ perl programing } for ($cash);	[reply]