would this be valid? or should I seek out a cleaner way?
system("sed -e 's/'chomp($lines[0])'/'$db_name'/g' ../input/tmp.scr >
$g_logpass");
just looking to replace line one in the file with a user supplied value. I
have like
23 files to parse and change per run based on user input.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yacketta, Ronald
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:06
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Yacketta, Ronald
> Cc: Beginners (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: pull line #1 from a file
>
>
> 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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> >
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