Can someone help me fix this? I know I am on the right track (I hope)
but not sure where I am going south
open FILE, "$g_logpass";
$line = <FILE>;
close (FILE);
chomp($line);
system("cp ../input/$g_logpass ../input/tmp.scr");
system("sed -e 's/'$line'/'$db_name'/g' ../input/tmp.scr > $g_logpass");
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yacketta, Ronald
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:11
> To: Yacketta, Ronald; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; Yacketta, Ronald
> Cc: 'Beginners (E-mail)'
> Subject: RE: pull line #1 from a file
>
>
> would this be valid? or should I seek out a cleaner way?
>
> system("sed -e 's/'chomp($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
> > >
> > > --
> > > Usenet is like Tetris for people who still remember how to read.
> > > -- Button from the Computer Museum, Boston, MA
> > >
> >
>
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
