On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 10:07 -0700, AndrewMcHorney wrote: > Hello > > I have been reading files with the following command: > > @source_lines = (<SOURCE_FILE>); >
You'd want to use $source_line = <SOURCE_FILE> to get a single record at a time from the handle > This has worked until I started reading some very large files. Is > there a better way to read files? The files I am trying to read now > are about 300 megabytes in size. The bad news is that the spec has no > carriage returns or line feeds. perldoc perlvar - Check the section on the input record seperator > We have no control over the spec. I > need to replace a few characters in the file. > > Andrew If you need more precise control also look into the IO Modules -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
