Dave Chappell wrote: > > I am trying to use the seek function to force where my second while loop > starts within file tst.txt but I see the $. Gets reset to 0 before while > (<IN>) starts.
The $. is not related to the value that seek uses. To get the current position in the file that seek can use use the tell function. perldoc -f tell John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]