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Reducing file length in Perl?
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| Hello.
I am processing a large text file, and I need to eliminate all data after a
certain point in the file. Essentially I need to specify a new EOF, sort of
an "anti-append"; the file saved on disk would become considerably smaller.
Is there a way to do this in Perl without writing the text that I want to
keep to a new file?
Thanks
-Mark
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| usenet@DavidFilmer.com 2006-10-30, 7:10 pm |
| Mark wrote:
> I am processing a large text file, and I need to eliminate all data after a
> certain point in the file.
perldoc -f truncate
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The best way to get a good answer is to ask a good question.
David Filmer (http://DavidFilmer.com)
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| <usenet@DavidFilmer.com> wrote:
> Mark wrote:
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> perldoc -f truncate
Dammit, I swear I looked that up in my Perl book.
It's there now, of course. I suppose the gnomes
snuck the page back in while I was posting my
question.
Thanks
-Mark
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