how do i redirect STDOUT, STDIN, or STDERR to a FILE?

Buckaroo Buddha has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question: ⭐ (input and output)

I wanted to do something like the following.

   open( FILE, $file );
   redirect( STDOUT, FILE );
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Your mission: define sub redirect. :-)

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