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Perl » File » file seek 
The seek Function randomly accesses a file.
    

#Format: seek(FILEHANDLE, OFFSET, POSITION);

#POSITION
#0   =   Beginning of file
#1   =   Current position in file
#2   =   End of file

open(PASSWD, "/etc/passwd"|| die "Can't open: $!\n";
while chomp($line = <PASSWD>) ){
   print "---$line---\n" if $line =~ /root/;
}
seek(PASSWD, 00|| die "$!\n"
while(<PASSWD>){print if /ellie/;}
close(PASSWD);

   
    
    
    
  
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