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Greetings Fellow Monks!
In a nutshell what I would like to do is skip the first 4 lines of a data file that I am reading in. Essentially the first 4 lines are junk, header info that I don't need.
Basically I already do know how to do this; I have supplied my two approaches to the task below, both of which work just fine. I am just wondering if there is an even better way to do it, perhaps a one-liner.... (always looking for those efficient little one liners) :) :) :)
the code:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use FileHandle; my $infile="T:/data.dat"; open(IN,"$infile") or die "CANNOT OPEN $infile !!\a\n"; my $c=0; while ($c<4){ my $junk=<IN>; $c++; }
..or perhaps even less elegant...
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use FileHandle; my $infile="T:/data.dat"; open(IN,"$infile") or die "CANNOT OPEN $infile !!\a\n"; my $junk=<IN>; $junk=<IN>; $junk=<IN>; $junk=<IN>;
I am basically curious what other perhaps better ways that this can be done.
As always, your thoughts, bits of wisdom, and insight are greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

In reply to Skipping the first 4 lines of a file:: Is there a better way? by PerlBear

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