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(tye)Re: Slurp a file

by tye (Sage)
on Jan 08, 2001 at 21:56 UTC ( [id://50533]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Slurp a file

You need to check whether open fails and report a useful error. Here is a trick to do that for you: 

my $contents= do { local(*ARGV,$/); @ARGV="myfile.txt"; <> };

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Though I'm taking on faith that local(*ARGV) will properly save and restore everything that <> manipulates. (:

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

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