Scott wrote:
> 
> Hi:

Hello,

> I have a file that contains a header row, I want to remove the first line
> and start processing
> on the second line.  Would you recommend using seek to scan for the last
> word in the first line?

open FILE, $file or die "Cannot open $file: $!";

<FILE>;  # read first line in a void context

while ( <FILE> ) {
    # second and subsequent lines are in $_
    ...
    }



John
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