Hi Tom,
Yes, that works! I'll have to read up on piped open.
thanks very much! Chee
On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Tom Phoenix wrote:
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:13:14 -0700
From: Tom Phoenix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Charlotte Hee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: problem using unix gzcat with perl filehandle
On 8/2/07, Charlotte Hee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
open(IN,"$GZCAT $file_location/$input") || die "Cannot read $input\n";
I think you want a piped open:
open(IN, "$GZCAT $file_location/$input |")
or die "Cannot gzcat '$input': $!";
Hope this helps!
--Tom Phoenix
Stonehenge Perl Training
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