easy.. just read the filehandle like so...
<MY_FILEHANDLE>; Perl still reads the line like with a normal assignment; it just disappears 'cause there was nowhere to put it.. you're welcome deen On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Malunas wrote: > I have a log file in text format. I need to delete the first line so I could > put the rest in MySQL database. How do I delete only the first line of this > text file? > Thanks for your help. > > Malunas > > > > -- Deen Hameedd, Accidental Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]