I was thinking about something I could use "HERE": while (HERE) { # do something with $_ }
So it would take a little twist, probably... What about when you have $X - 1 lines to read? It works, right? On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 11:39, Dave Mitchell wrote: > On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 12:19:55PM +0200, Sven Neuhaus wrote: > > How about > > push @lines, scalar <FILEHANDLE>, 1..$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! -- Josà Alves de Castro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Telbit - Tecnologias de InformaÃÃo