Re: how can I grab the first line from a text file

2002-11-20 Thread Frank Wiles
.--[ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (2002/11/20 at 11:35:11) ]-- | | I know there must be an easy way to do this... | help greatly appreciated, Thanks | `- open(IN, "myfile.txt") or die "Cannot open file: $!\n"; my $first_line =

RE: how can I grab the first line from a text file

2002-11-20 Thread Mark Anderson
First open the file using open: perldoc -f open Then use the filehandle (FILE for instance) to put the first line in $str: $str = ; Then if you don't want to do anything else with the file, close it: perldoc -f close -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] S