> Dan Muey wrote:
> > Howdt list.
> >
> > I've never had to work with really big files before( I'm
> used to tiny
> > ones you can slurp in at once) and now I have to process a
> 180MB text
> > file line by line and was wondering the most efficient method to do
> > so form within a script not via coommand line.
> >
> > Would I just do
> > open(FH ...) or die $!;
> >
> > while(<FH>)) { process line }
> >
> > close(FH);
> >
> > Or is there a better way?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Dan
>
> That is it. I don't do 180mb but do process 100k lines
> and with all I do with the loop, it still only takes 4 to 5
> seconds to do all that processing. Now with 180 MB, it will
> be longer, but as along as you do only what you need, it
> should be no problem.
>
> Wags ;)
>
Thanks!
I'm glad to know I was thinking about hat right.
I didn't really want to read the whole file into an array and process the array!!!
Thanks again
Dan
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