perlquestion perl_gog Hello perl-monks, <br> I am trying to: <br> a) download a xml file <br> b) do some basic processing on this xml file and <br> c) finally save it. <br> <br> I was wondering what is the best option to do this: <br> <br> option 1. <br> <code> system("wget -O - 'http://host/getFeed.xml' > /tmp/myfeed.xml"); //download + save as tmp file.. open FH, "</tmp/myfeed.xml"; while(<FH>) { //manipulation steps here.. } close FH; </code> <br> Option 2: <br> Is there a way to process the file, as its being downloaded? (instead of having to save it temporarily, and then reading it to process it) ?<br> <br> I dont know how to implement option#2. Do you have any suggestions? <br> The xml feed can be quite huge, (~150Gb max.) As, the feed is huge, I am hoping there's a better option compared to option #1, as writing this file first to some tmp file and then saving it again would mean more disk-activity. <br> <br> thanks! <br>