on Thu, 20 Jun 2002 18:16:59 GMT, Bo Mangor wrote: > I have a file input where I split the file into an array and that works > fine, but there is some "spam" in the beginning of the file I want to > get rid of - the problem is that I never know how many lines there is > with this "spam"! > > Therefore I want to make a check that excludes all lines there doesn't > start with a number > [...] > How do I make this check In Perl?
#! perl -w use strict; while (<DATA>) { last if /^\d+/; } do { print; # or do something else with $_ } while (<DATA>); __DATA__ spam spam spam more spam 1 no spam 2 no spam either 25455487 and this neither -- felix -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]