I need help for handling text log file

2002-10-09 Thread Hello Buddy
Hi Perl experts, I need your help. I am absolute Perl beginner. I am writing perl with Windows 95 machine. I download Perl from activestate and my version 5.6.1. It works properly and I can run some program. Currently I am writing log file processing with perl. I can write normal pro

Re: I need help for handling text log file

2002-10-09 Thread Jean Padilla
Not an expert in perl (nor in english), but let's try ;-) if your output file is not supposed to get too big, consider 'writing' first your output lines in a hash ... $hash{1} = "line 1"; and so on (later, writing line 10 for eg.) if (whatever) { $hash{5} .= " these few words"; } when finished,

RE: I need help for handling text log file

2002-10-09 Thread NYIMI Jose (BMB)
Why not just use Tie::File module ? http://search.cpan.org/author/JHI/perl-5.8.0/lib/Tie/File.pm#SYNOPSIS José. > -Original Message- > From: Hello Buddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: I need he

Re: I need help for handling text log file

2002-10-09 Thread Hello Buddy
Thanks Jean, But I am afraid to say that my log file is at least over 60 K lines. I do not know how to do it. How can I insert any words in any place of open text file? Regards Winn --- Jean Padilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not an expert in perl (nor in english), but let's > try ;-)

Re: I need help for handling text log file

2002-10-09 Thread Jean Padilla
tp://search.cpan.org/author/JHI/perl-5.8.0/lib/Tie/File.pm#SYNOPSIS > > José. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Hello Buddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:29 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: I need help fo

Re: I need help for handling text log file

2002-10-09 Thread Michael Fowler
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 02:28:58AM -0700, Hello Buddy wrote: > What I am facing now is when I write to format text file, suppose I was > currently in line 10 for my formatted text file and I want to append some > word in line 5 of formatted text file. Please see perldoc -q "line in a file", or ht