> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Musson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 2:35 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: How to get Multi-Line file into $var?
>
>
> hey Perl people!,
>
> Can't seem to get my brain to work this afternoon...
>
> I need to read a file and put it in a $Variable (not @Array).
{ local $/; $body = <FH> }
The "local $/" statement temporarily sets $/ to undef, which is called
"slurp" mode. This reads the whole file at once instead of line by line. $/
reverts to is previous setting when the closing brace is reached.
perldoc perlvar
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