On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:00:55 -0700 (PDT) Rajeev Prasad <rp.ne...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> open(FH,"<","$myfile") or die "could not open $myfile: $!"; # You should used a my variable for the file handle open(my $fh,"<","$myfile") or die "could not open $myfile: $!"; > while (<FH>) # with the my variable file handle while (<$fh>) > { > ...do something > > } > > later on in program, try to re-read the file (walk thru the file > again): # reset the file handle position to the beginning, see `perdoc -f seek` seek( $fh, 0, 0 ); > while (<FH>) # with the my variable file handle while (<$fh>) > { > ...do something > > } -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. _Perl links_ official site : http://www.perl.org/ beginners' help : http://learn.perl.org/faq/beginners.html advance help : http://perlmonks.org/ documentation : http://perldoc.perl.org/ news : http://perlsphere.net/ repository : http://www.cpan.org/ blog : http://blogs.perl.org/ regional groups : http://www.pm.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/