RE: Start reading from a specific line

[DBSMITH]

oops I missed a line:

my $linect="$.";
while ( <FILEHANDLE>) {
      if ( $linect > 9 ) {
            do whatever ...
      }
$linect++;
}


need to use double-quotes around variable $.

thanks for the correction... keeps me on my perl learning toes.

Derek B. Smith
OhioHealth IT
UNIX / TSM / EDM Teams




                                                                       
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Thanks I prove it and worked!!!!!

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Subject: Re: Start reading from a specific line

if you want to use a built in function then use

$.

or its alternatives $NR, or $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER

By definition this says "the current input line number of the last file
handle that was read."

my $linect=$.
while ( <FILEHANDLE>) {
      if ( $linect > 9 ) {
            do whatever ...
      }

}

derek





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Eduardo V�zquez Rodr�guez wrote:
> Hello Perl Programmers

Hello,

> I have a question regarding openning a file
>
> How can I start reading a file from n line?
>
> For example
>
> I open a File like this way
>
> open(INPUT, $file)
> while (<INPUT>)
> {
>  do something with $_;
> }
>
> But It starts to read from line #1, what I want is that start reading
> exactly from line 10.

Read the first nine lines before the while loop:

open INPUT, $file or die "Cannot open $file: $!";

# get rid of first nine lines
<INPUT> for 1 .. 9;

while ( <INPUT> ) {
    do something with $_;
    }



John
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