file load

[jeff]

~sdpm~
how do I read all the lines from a file into a single scalar string
variable as opposed to a list.

I'd like to do something like

    $string = <FILE>;

I know I've seen how to do it somewhere but I don't remember what
resource I saw it on.
--
Jeff Saenz
jeff at planetoid.net


~sdpm~

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