load the file in to the array @lines
then run following
chomp(@lines); # removes all the new lines
foreach $line (@lines){
#process $line
}
----- Original Message -----
From: "Schwedler Kofoed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 5:04 AM
Subject: file into memory
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to open a file with the content:
>
> peter 141444
> oscar e324345
> simon j85547
>
> in a perl script - but instead of reading the file one line at a time I
> would like to suck the whole file into memory and processing each line
from
> there.
>
> I have tried to:
>
> open FILE, "< tmp.txt";
> @xx = <FILE>;
> while $file(@xx) {
> ................
> }
>
> but I cant get it to work - where did I go wrong ?
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Jakob
>
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