How do I print to a specific part of a file?

um, is there already data on the 30th line or is it blank?

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It would be blank.

Say you have a file containing
Where
were
you
night?

You want to add 'last' before night. if the file was currently in an @array, than night would be the third element. So, to make 'last' the third element, and night the fourth (and if there was another element after night, it would become the fifth etc), try using:

code:

$num  = 3; #remembere to take away 1 because it starts at 0 not 1
$file = 'text.txt';
$addition = "last\n"; #remember the newline \n

#Opening file and getting input
open(IN,$file) or die "Cannot open $file to read: $!";
@data = <IN>;	
close(IN);

#adding new element
splice(@data,$num,0,$addition);

#printing back into file
open(IN,>$file) or die "Cannot open $file to write: $!";
print IN @data;
close(IN);
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Hope that helps a little.

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