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Perl » File » file seek 
Move file pointer by using the seek function
    


#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

print "Creating a file with the numbers 0-9.\n";
open FILE, "+>file.txt" or die "Unable to open file: $!\n";
print FILE "0\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n";
close FILE or die "Unable to open file: $!\n";

print "Printing the third item:\n";
seekFILE, 4);
my $in = <FILE>;
print "$in";
print "Printing the rest of the file:\n";
print while <FILE> );

close FILE or die "Unable to close file: $!";

   
    
    
    
  
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