How can I quickly find the first line of a file that matches a regex?

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Published on 2008-12-13T14:30:36Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 17:13 UTC
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I want to search for a line in a file, using regex, inside a Perl script.

Assuming it is in a system with grep installed, is it better to:

call the external grep through an open() command
open() the file directly and use a while loop and an if ($line =~ m/regex/)?

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