On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 12:19:55PM +0200, Sven Neuhaus wrote: > How about > push @lines, scalar <FILEHANDLE>, 1..$X;
I presume you meant push @lines, scalar <FILEHANDLE> for 1..$X; > Technically however, you are still reading one byte at a time... No you're not! -- Thank God I'm an atheist.....