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# 1  
Old 04-14-2014
Perl SCript to read file content (if else statemenet)
Hi All,
I wanted to write a perl script to read the content in a file,the file content is either 0 (zero) OR 1. The idea is like this.


If (content =1), then it will proceed to perform some step. and then update the file content to 0(zero)
else
if (content =0), it will update the content to 1 and do nothing.

The script will be run at every Saturday.

Can anyone advise?
# 2  
Old 04-14-2014
What are the steps that needs to be performed in case if the content is 1
# 3  
Old 04-14-2014
Try:
Code:
open(FH,"</path/to/your/file/filename");
my @file = <FH>;
close FH;
my $line;
foreach $line (@file) {
  if ( $line ~= m/1/) {
    #Do your thing.
  } elsif { $line ~= m/0/) {
    #Again Do your thing
  }
}

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# 4  
Old 04-21-2014
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

open (FH, '>filereindex.txt') or die 'Could not open file';
my @line = <FH>;
  if ($line == 1) {
    print "NUMBER 1";
  } elsif ( $line == 0) {
   print FH 1;

  }

I m using the above,

if fileindex.txt is 0, then it will write 1 to the file: fileindex.txt [expected result that I want]
BUT
if fileindex.txt is 1, then it will do nothing, I want it to print NUMBER 1

---------- Post updated at 04:24 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:21 PM ----------

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

open (FH, 'filereindex.txt') or die 'Could not open file';
my @line = <FH>;
  if ($line == 1) {
    print "NUMBER 1";
  } elsif ( $line == 0) {
   print FH 1;

  }

I remove the > from the code. IF filereindex.txt = 1, it will print NUMBER 1 [result that I want]
BUT
if filereindex.txt=0, it do nothing [i wanted it to write 1 to the filereindex.txt]
# 5  
Old 04-21-2014
Did you try the code that I gave? Remove the comments and replace them with your print statements. And the code that you gave will not work.

You have declared line as an array and when you are checking you use it as scalar. Provide the index.
# 6  
Old 04-21-2014
I have the below when run the one you gave.
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

open(FH,"<filereindex.txt");
my @file = <FH>;
close FH;
my $line;
foreach $line (@file){
  if($line ~= m/1/){
    print "NUMBER 1";

  }elsif($line ~= m/0/){
    print "ZERO";
  }
}

syntax error at ./biw.pl line 8, near "$line ~"
syntax error at ./biw.pl line 11, near "}elsif"
Execution of ./biw.pl aborted due to compilation errors

my file only have either 0 or 1.
if 1, then it will run reindexing on the application, and then change file content from 1 to 0 , then exit

else if file content=0, it will change file content from 0 to 1 and then exit.
# 7  
Old 04-22-2014
Sorry my mistake. Pls replace ~= with =~
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