#----------------------------- # looking for line number $DESIRED_LINE_NUMBER $. = 0; do { $LINE = <HANDLE> } until $. == $DESIRED_LINE_NUMBER || eof; #----------------------------- @lines = <HANDLE>; $LINE = $lines[$DESIRED_LINE_NUMBER]; #----------------------------- # usage: build_index(*DATA_HANDLE, *INDEX_HANDLE) sub build_index { my $data_file = shift; my $index_file = shift; my $offset = 0;
while (<$data_file>) { print $index_file pack("N", $offset); $offset = tell($data_file); } }
# usage: line_with_index(*DATA_HANDLE, *INDEX_HANDLE, $LINE_NUMBER) # returns line or undef if LINE_NUMBER was out of range sub line_with_index { my $data_file = shift; my $index_file = shift; my $line_number = shift;
my $size; # size of an index entry my $i_offset; # offset into the index of the entry my $entry; # index entry my $d_offset; # offset into the data file
$size = length(pack("N", 0)); $i_offset = $size * ($line_number-1); seek($index_file, $i_offset, 0) or return; read($index_file, $entry, $size); $d_offset = unpack("N", $entry); seek($data_file, $d_offset, 0); return scalar(<$data_file>); }
# usage: open(FILE, "< $file") or die "Can't open $file for reading: $!/n"; open(INDEX, "+>$file.idx") or die "Can't open $file.idx for read/write: $!/n"; build_index(*FILE, *INDEX); $line = line_with_index(*FILE, *INDEX, $seeking); #----------------------------- use DB_File; use Fcntl;
$tie = tie(@lines, $FILE, "DB_File", O_RDWR, 0666, $DB_RECNO) or die "Cannot open file $FILE: $!/n"; # extract it $line = $lines[$sought - 1]; #----------------------------- # download the following standalone program #!/usr/bin/perl -w # print_line-v1 - linear style
@ARGV == 2 or die "usage: print_line FILENAME LINE_NUMBER/n";
($filename, $line_number) = @ARGV; open(INFILE, "< $filename") or die "Can't open $filename for reading: $!/n"; while (<INFILE>) { $line = $_; last if $. == $line_number; } if ($. != $line_number) { die "Didn't find line $line_number in $filename/n"; } print;
#----------------------------- # download the following standalone program #!/usr/bin/perl -w # print_line-v2 - index style # build_index and line_with_index from above @ARGV == 2 or die "usage: print_line FILENAME LINE_NUMBER";
($filename, $line_number) = @ARGV; open(ORIG, "< $filename") or die "Can't open $filename for reading: $!";
# open the index and build it if necessary # there's a race condition here: two copies of this # program can notice there's no index for the file and # try to build one. This would be easily solved with # locking $indexname = "$filename.index"; sysopen(IDX, $indexname, O_CREAT|O_RDWR) or die "Can't open $indexname for read/write: $!"; build_index(*ORIG, *IDX) if -z $indexname; # XXX: race unless lock
$line = line_with_index(*ORIG, *IDX, $line_number); die "Didn't find line $line_number in $filename" unless defined $line; print $line;
#----------------------------- # download the following standalone program #!/usr/bin/perl -w # print_line-v3 - DB_File style use DB_File; use Fcntl;
@ARGV == 2 or die "usage: print_line FILENAME LINE_NUMBER/n";
($filename, $line_number) = @ARGV; $tie = tie(@lines, "DB_File", $filename, O_RDWR, 0666, $DB_RECNO) or die "Cannot open file $filename: $!/n";
unless ($line_number < $tie->length) { die "Didn't find line $line_number in $filename/n" }
print $lines[$line_number-1]; # easy, eh?
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