Re: pulling multiple lines from a file

[David Wall]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 16 Nov 2001:
> What I want to do is scroll thru the file and when it finds the line
> that starts with "NC00" print that line and the next 5 lines.

Here's one way:

while (<FILE>) {
    next unless /^NC00/;
    print;
    $_ = <FILE>, print for 1..5;
}


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David Wall
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