uh ahr, im a little confused about how knowing the amount of rows would help, ill try explaning in a little more detail:
if i had;
19|1|9/5/00
18|2|9/5/00
17|5|9/5/00
16|4|9/5/00
15|4|9/5/00
14|1|8/5/00
13|3|7/5/00
12|2|5/5/00
11|6|5/5/00
10|5|5/5/00
9|5|5/5/00
8|4|5/5/00
7|6|4/5/00
6|1|3/5/00
5|4|2/5/00
4|2|2/5/00
3|1|2/5/00
2|1|2/5/00
1|1|1/5/00
i would want my script to dismiss all of the lines except 19 (as that is the most recent post in column 1), 18 (most recent in 2), 13 (most recent in 3) 16 (most recent in 4), 17 (most recent in 5), 11 (most recent in 6)
i would then define those lines as something like:
($posted, $category, $date) = split(/|/,$line);
(well line 19 as $1date, 18 $2date, 13 $3date etc..)
therefore i would be looking for some type of script that would let me search from the top for the first 1 in the second column (in this case it is line 19) and use that line so i can then use that line to difine the 3rd column as $1date to use it as "last posted in" for column 1.
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i could gain the same effect is i knew how to overwrite a file with a new one (or delete a file then replace it with one of the same name) however i presume that would use more sever processorage (i doubt it will be alot but i am using a UBB on netfirms so id rather use a very little as possible)
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Please clean my floor
