[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi , > > > there is an existing file and I need to append text to it ,only thing > is I need to remove the last line of existing file and then need to > append text. > I hope I am clear.If there are 6 lines in a file I have remove 6th > line > and then need to append the text.
The Tie::File module (standard with 5.8 I think, otherwise install from CPAN) will work great for this. You can use pop() to remove the last line and then use push() to add the new lines. http://search.cpan.org/~mjd/Tie-File-0.96/lib/Tie/File.pm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>