seek

$fh->seek(offset, whence)

• Front-end for the corresponding built-in seek function, which sets a filehandle's position in the file. Takes the following arguments:
  • offset
  • The offset where you want to set the position.
  • whence
  • The position in the file that the offset is relative to. Possible values are: 0 for the beginning of the file, 1 for the current position, or 2 for end of file. May also be expressed as the following constants, which are exported:
    • SEEK_SET
    • Beginning of file
    • SEEK_CUR
    • Current position
    • SEEK_END
    • End of file