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
"John W. Krahn"
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Subject
Re: Start reading from a specific
line
Eduardo Vázquez Rodríguez 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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