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something like this will read in all the files listed in @files. It also cuts down on repetitive code and allows scalability.

my @files= qw| /path/to/file1 /path/to/file2 /path/to/file3 |;
my @allfiles;
for my $filename(@files){
     open(FILE," $filename") || die "Cannot  open $filename: $!\n";
     while(<FILE>) {
          push @allfiles, $_;
     }
     close(FILE);
}

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Re: reading multiple files into an array
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Aug 27, 2001 at 20:46 UTC
    Better would be: 
    my @files= qw| /path/to/file1 /path/to/file2 /path/to/file3 |;
my @allfiles;
for my $filename(@files){
    open FILE, $filename ||
        die "Cannot open $filename for reading: $!\n";
    push @allfiles, $_ while (<FILE>);
    close FILE;
}

# Or (and even more Perlish) ...

my @files= qw| /path/to/file1 /path/to/file2 /path/to/file3 |;
my @allfiles;
for my $filename(@files){
    open FILE, $filename ||
        die "Cannot open $filename for reading: $!\n";
    push @allfiles, <FILE>;
    close FILE;
}

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