-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gladstone Daniel - dglads wrote: > I have a text file that can be anywhere from 40,000 lines to 120,000 > Lines, > > I want it to split the file so that no file is larger then 20,000 lines > > 1) run a line count > 2) split the file into pieces Note that the split command can do this exactly. If you specifically need a Perl solution, perhaps these resources will be useful: * http://search.cpan.org/~cwest/ppt-0.14/bin/split (source: http://search.cpan.org/src/CWEST/ppt-0.14/bin/split) * http://search.cpan.org/~middleto/File-Split-0.30/lib/File/Split.pm
Hope this helps, Ricky -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF5hrLiXbZ7NjlUcARAptpAJ9BJblYudMGY2GIaPyikXyOffaiGACeLo6X QARf5v4S8qHUULwq/+jJ41U= =EYRA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/