Re: use of split command

[Evgeny Goldin (aka Genie)]

> I am trying to read a quite large file (ca 13000 lines) directly into an
> array (for speed)

Sorry, it's a bad idea.
One day your file will be 1 GB size and @ets=<ACCS> will kill your PC
trying to load the whole gig into the memory ..

while ( <HANDLE> ){..}

is the best way for reading large files, I think.