file load

[Bobby Kleemann]

~sdpm~
TMTOWTDI:

I like to do it this way:

$string = join '', <FILE>;

Although I think the other way is faster.

 _ _ _
 Bobby Kleemann <rkleeman at neta.com>
     http://www.neta.com/~rkleeman/

On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Russ Schnapp wrote:

> ~sdpm~
> 
> To read an entire file into a scalar, turn off the input record 
> separator, $/, comme ca:
> 
> my $saveSlash = $/;
> undef $/;
> $string = <FILE>;
> $/ = $saveSlash;
> 
> 
> ...Russ Schnapp
> Schnapp Software Consulting
> http://www.schnapp.org/
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