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in thread Read Some lines in Tera byte file

Thanks for reply

Here .. 

for (1..100) {
   <$fh>;
}

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we are reading from 1st line to 100th lines, then

for (1..100) {
   my $line = <$fh>;
   ...
}

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we are saving required to a variable i.e from position 100th line 200th line

So unnecessary reading first 100 lines in the first code, is it possible directly read from 100th line?

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Re^3: Read Some lines in Tera byte file
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 13, 2010 at 07:53 UTC
    Already answered. Unless you happen to know the position at which the 100th line starts, you'll have to read from the start of the file. If you do, you can jump straight to that position using seek.
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Re^3: Read Some lines in Tera byte file
by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 13, 2010 at 06:53 UTC

    No.

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      because i said file is in tera bytes, so if my file reading position is nth (ex : 99999999) then it will be difficult to parse all lines and consuming time also.

      do we have function in perl like seek?

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        Yes. See perlfunc. Also, Google is helpful. If the file is on a remote server, then seek will only work if you can mount the remote filesystem locally.

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      because i said file is in tera bytes, so if my file reading position is nth (ex : 99999999) then it will be difficult to parse all lines and consuming time also.

      do we have function in perl like seek?

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        Perl has seek as a builtin. It's not gonna help solve the question you asked us, though.
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