why not read the file line by line and then simply match each line with /$something/, disgarding any lines which do not match /$something/.
If you wanted to could push all matching lines into and array. Cheers Paul On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 18:52, Juris wrote: > I have one small problem! > HowTo read from large text file text in binary mode? > > if i want read all file, i use this code: > > my (@LOG_FILE); > open (FL, "/var/log/maillog"); > @LOG_FILE=<FL>; > close (FL); > #After this code execution file contents stored in array @LOG_FILE > @LOG_FILE=grep /$something/, @LOG_FILE > > I not want read all file string by struing - it's so slowly, if file is > large and contains more than 1000000 records! > I need read each 500000 bytes, but how? > Please, help! > > > -- > With best regards, > Juris -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
