[SOLVED] Add a text in the 1st line of a file using perl

ravisingh1 · 07-17-2013, 10:12 AM

Please assist me and show me how can i add a text on the 1st line of a file. i can get it done with sed but how to do with perl.

TB0ne · 07-17-2013, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ravisingh1

Please assist me and show me how can i add a text on the 1st line of a file. i can get it done with sed but how to do with perl.

How about looking it up? Did you try that? Putting "how to add a line to the top of a file with perl" into Google will, amazingly, give you some answers. Reading the Perl documentation will too:
http://learn.perl.org/faq/perlfaq5.html

Look for the work "top" or "prepend" in that file. Since you provide no details or give any examples of what you've done/tried on your own, that will give you a start.

Firerat · 07-17-2013, 10:24 AM

I know next to nothing about perl

http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq5.htm...ing-of-a-file?

Edit: web search "perl insert line"

ravisingh1 · 07-17-2013, 10:32 AM

Thanks both of you a lot. The documentation seems great. I w'd go through it.

TB0ne · 07-17-2013, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ravisingh1

Thanks both of you a lot. The documentation seems great. I w'd go through it.

The first thing you should do is try to look things up on your own, and post a question AFTER you've tried, but can't find an answer. Questions like this make it seem like you want others to look things up for you.

ravisingh1 · 07-18-2013, 07:40 AM

You are right, TBOne. i should have 1st looked up in google/net.
BTW, thanks againg for the document as it helped me a lot.