so so close...
I had this
OPEN(FILE, "< $g_all_sleepy);
@lines = <FILE>;
CLOSE(FILE);
$lines[0]; # think this is right, its an array.. all arrays start at 0 not
1.. unless
# perl is funky and dont ;)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Casey West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:56
> To: Yacketta, Ronald
> Cc: Beginners (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: pull line #1 from a file
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:50:51AM -0500, Yacketta, Ronald wrote:
> :
> :Folks,
> :
> :need some minor help here.. been looking in the Cookbook for
> an example
> :to pull the first line from a file..
>
> open FILE, "filename" or die $!;
> my $line = <FILE>;
> close FILE;
>
> Remember, <FILEHANDLE> is something you can iterate over. In scalar
> context it returns just one line (for all intents and purposes) at a
> time.
>
> Casey West
>
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