On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 01:43:13PM -0500, Carlton Lo wrote:
> I'm new to perl, I'm trying to write a pl script that would open a gzipped txt
> file. Is there any functions where I can call for this. I've tried the followings:
>
> method #1 open(IN, "gunzip -c data.gz") || die "cannot open input data file";
open(IN, "gunzip -c data.gz|") || die "cannot open input data file. $!";
> method #2 pass the filename as ARGV and execute the script as $perl test.pl
> 'gunzip -c data.gz'
cat > test.pl
open(F, "$ARGV[0]|") or die "Cannot open $ARGV[0]. $!\n";
^D
Note the pipe (|) at the end of the second argument to open.
perldoc -f open
Either method will suffice, though #2 is rather strange.
-Gyepi
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