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use File::Temp; use strict; my $fh = File::Temp->new(SUFFIX=>'.txt') or die "File::Temp: $!\n"; # $fh is a file handle. You can use it like this print $fh "This is a test\n"; # or as an object $fh->print("This is a only a test\n"); $fh->write("Testing 1,2,3\n"); # You can rewind and read it seek $fh, 0, 0 or die "Seek $fh failed: $!\n"; while (<$fh>) { print "Guess what I read: $_"; } # You can also use it as a filename to open it open ANOTHERFH, "<", $fh or die "Cannot open $fh: $!\n"; while (<ANOTHERFH>) { print "ANOTHERFH: $_"; }