My current code is as follows, if you could show me how to extract lines 10 thru 20, Thanks. 
$linenum = 1;
$altnum = 1;

open(FILE, "<data/data.txt");
@lines = <FILE>;
close(FILE);

# prints out table header
print "<center><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" width=\"596\" bgc
+olor=\"#000080\"><tr><td bgcolor=\"#000050\" colspan=\"2\">Free Host 
+Name<\/font><\/td><td bgcolor=\"#000050\" align=\"center\">Space<\/fo
+nt><\/td><td bgcolor=\"#000050\" align=\"center\">Uploads<\/font><\/t
+d><td bgcolor=\"#000050\" align=\"center\">Forced Ads<\/font><\/td><t
+d bgcolor=\"#000050\" align=\"center\">Scripts<\/font><\/td><td bgcol
+or=\"#000050\" align=\"center\">Features<\/font><\/td><\/tr>\n";

foreach $item (@lines) {

@thisArray = split(/\|/, $item); 

# just alternating td bgcolor with these next two lines
if ($altnum eq "1") { $altnum = 0;  $bgc = "#000080"; } 
elsif ($altnum eq "0") { $altnum = 1;  $bgc = "#000050"; }

print "<tr><td bgcolor=\"#000050\" align=\"center\">@thisArray[0]<\/fo
+nt><\/td><td bgcolor=\"$bgc\"><a href=\"goto.cgi?@thisArray[0]\">@thi
+sArray[1]<\/a><\/font><\/td><td bgcolor=\"$bgc\" align=\"center\">@th
+isArray[6] MB<\/font><\/td><td bgcolor=\"$bgc\">@thisArray[7]<\/font>
+<\/td><td  bgcolor=\"$bgc\" align=\"center\">@thisArray[5]<\/font><\/
+td><td  bgcolor=\"$bgc\" align=\"center\">@thisArray[10]<\/font><\/td
+><td bgcolor=\"#000050\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"more.cgi?@thisArr
+ay[0]\">more<\/font><\/a><\/td><\/tr>";

$linenum++;            
}
print "<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n"; 


___DATA____
1|0 catch|english|personal|http://www.0catch.com|popup|100|ftp browser
+ fp|advanced basic|domainhosting subdomain counter form guestbook|col
+lection|
2|100megsfree|english|personal|http://www.100megsfree.com|banner|100|f
+tp browser email|advanced basic|subdomain messageboard form guestbook
+|collection|
3|10mbfree|english|personal|http://www.10mbfree.com|other|10|browser||
+subdomain messageboard guestbook|collection|
4|15m4u|english|personal business game|http://www.15m4u.cjb.net|no ads
+|15|ftp email||php subdomain ssi cgi-bin|cgi-bin|
5|1hwy|english|personal|http://www.1hwy.com|banner|0|ftp browser|advan
+ced basic|subdomain counter form guestbook|collection|
6|20megsfree.com|english|personal business game|http://www.20megsfree.
+com|banner|20|ftp browser email|advanced basic|pop email subdomain co
+unter form guestbook|collection|
7|20megs|english|personal|http://www.20megs.com/||20|browser|advanced 
+basic|messageboard guestbook|collection|
8|2d adventure|english|game|http://www.2dadventure.com|button|999|brow
+ser|basic||no|
9|30mbfree|english|personal|http://www.30mbfree.com|no ads|0|browser|b
+asic|messageboard form guestbook|collection|
10|321website|english|personal|http://www.321website.com/|adframe|0|br
+owser|advanced|messageboard shopping cart guestbook|collection|
11|3dracing|english|game|http://www.3dracing.com/hosting.htm|banner|20
+|ftp||domainhosting subdomain cgi-bin|cgi-bin|
12|3hosting4u|english|personal business|http://www.3hosting4u.com|no a
+ds|10|browser|advanced basic|counter form guestbook|collection|
13|3megsfree|english|personal|http://www.3megsfree.com|footbanner|0|br
+owser|advanced|counter guestbook|collection|
14|4business|english|business|http://www.4business.net/|banner|20|ftp 
+fp||domainhosting subdomain cgi-bin|cgi-bin|
15|4eit|english|personal business game|http://www.4eit.com|no ads|20|f
+tp email||php realvideo realaudio pop email domainhosting subdomain m
+ysql ssi cgi-bin form guestbook|cgi-bin|
16|4nx2|english|personal business|http://www.4nx2.com|no ads|20|browse
+r|advanced|php mysql|php|
17|4office|english|business|http://www.4office.net/|banner|999|ftp||su
+bdomain cgi-bin|cgi-bin|
18|50megs|english|personal|http://www.50megs.com/|topbanner|50|ftp bro
+wser|advanced basic|domainhosting subdomain messageboard form guestbo
+ok|collection|
19|75megs|english|personal business|http://www.75megs.com/|popup/banne
+r|75|ftp browser|advanced basic|domainhosting subdomain counter form 
+guestbook|collection|
20|800mph|english|personal|http://800mph.com/|adframe|0|browser|advanc
+ed|realvideo realaudio pop email subdomain messageboard counter form 
+guestbook|collection|

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in thread How do I extract (x) number of lines from database? by Mosley

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