Hi Ed
I find the perl man pages very readable. man perl will list all the other
perl man pages (they are split up into categories - for example perlfunc
lists builtin functions, perlre deals with regular expressions etc).
As far as your specific task, it sounds like you have the reading part
figured out. If this will be a single user admin tool, the simplest
approach would be to read in the current file, make your mods, and then
overwrite the original.
hth
charles
On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Edward Dekkers wrote:
> OK, I've got it so far that I'm dynamically creating HTML pages using
> CGI/Perl from a comma delimited text file which resides on the ISP server. I
> have also learned the query variable and can send values to the pearl script
> and have it return matches based on the items. All from scouting documents
> from the net. I've patted my own back after that part. I can't however get
> that little bit further where I can read the text file using the PERL,
> either insert or delete lines and write it back, as part of a web based
> administration of the text file database.
>
> OK boys (and ladies), which of TFMs do I have to R?
>
> P.S. Due to my location and limited budget, online is MUCH preferred over
> 'get this book'.
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