Re: Reopen file when contents changed?

by salva (Canon)

on Jun 07, 2005 at 13:59 UTC ( [id://464306]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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just once per second? performance is not going to be an issue: use the aproach that seems simpler for you.

I would go for...

sub first_line_from_file {
  my $fn = shift;
  open my $file, "<", $fn
    or die "unable to open file $fn";
  scalar <$file>
}
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update: added the scalar in front of <$file>. blazar, thanks for pointing it out.

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Re^2: Reopen file when contents changed? by blazar (Canon) on Jun 07, 2005 at 14:05 UTC
`sub first_line_from_file { my $fn = shift; open my $file, "<", $fn or die "unable to open file $fn"; <$file> }` [download] To return the first line I'd say `scalar <$file>;` [download] (The semicolon is cosmetic. But I consider it good style)	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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