----Original Message----- From: Umesh T G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 3:47 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Read a single line in a file.
Hello List, I have a file with multiple lines. I want to read only the first line. and a particular word in that line. For eg: File.txt apple,grape,orange,banana some other lines continued. So I want only the word grape here. How to get it? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> Hi , Follow the below procedure , may solve your problem. But be more prsice with your problems. ---- Open( READ,"<File.txt"); --> open the file in read mode $line=<READ>; $line=~ /^[a-z]*,([a-z]*),.*/; ---> captures the second word of the line. Print "desired word is $1 \n"; --- Is this what u want ? -- Arjun Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
