on Mon, 26 Aug 2002 15:15:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Q) wrote:

> Apologies for such a 'lame' question but i read the FAQ on 
> http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/perl/pod/perlfaq5-full.html
> 
> How do i read on from the second line of a text file? 

You start reading from the first line but throw it away ;-)

    #! /usr/bin/perl -w
    use strict;

    open IN, $0 or die "Cannot open myself: $!\n";

    <IN>; # Throw away first line

    # Process from second line onwards.
    while (<IN>) {
        print;
    }

    close IN;

-- 
felix

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