title: How do I skip an iteration step in a while loop in Perl?
body: <p>In Perl I'm trying to achieve this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>while ($row = &lt;$fh&gt;){
       if the row contains the character &gt;:
            #do something AND then skip to the next line
       else:
           #continue to parse normally and do other things
  </code></pre>