> "paul" == paul 0403 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
paul> Is there a quick and easy way in perl to get the last entry in a file
paul> for a specific value
paul> For example If I have the following data in a file
paul> 1<\len>
paul> int<\type>
paul> 2<\len>
paul> int<\type>
paul> 3<\len>
paul>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Please keep in mind that the data in the file is only a sample and it
> will not alwasy be the second line from the bottome :-)
>
> I know I can read the file and keep track via a flag of where I am in
> the file but this seems way to over-kill. I was hoping for some ni