On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 10:36 PM, Richard Lee <rich.japh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to open a big file and go through line by line while limiting > the resource on the system. > What is the best way to do it? > > Does below read the entire file and store them in memory(not good if that's > the case).. > > open(SOURCE, "/tmp/file") || die "not there: $!\n"; > while (<SOURCE>) { > ## do something > } Was there a reason this was sent to the PHP list as well? Maybe just a typo? -- </Daniel P. Brown> Ask me about: Dedicated servers starting @ $59.99/mo., VPS starting @ $19.99/mo., and shared hosting starting @ $2.50/mo. Unmanaged, managed, and fully-managed! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php