AW: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-27 Thread Bastian Angerstein
Yes it should, but not on my system. Thanks for your comments. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Bob Showalter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Oktober 2004 16:00 An: 'David le Blanc' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop David le

Re: AW: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-27 Thread Chasecreek Systemhouse
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:43:46 +0200, Bastian Angerstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes it should, but not on my system. Thanks for your comments. So, you are saying this doesnt work? #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics; open (TEST,STDIN) or die cannot read input

Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Bastian Angerstein
Why does this don´t work in my Script? open (TEST, /tmp/test.txt); while (TEST) { print $_; # or just print; } -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ http://learn.perl.org/first-response

Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Flemming Greve Skovengaard
Bastian Angerstein wrote: Why does this dont work in my Script? open (TEST, /tmp/test.txt); while (TEST) { print $_; # or just print; } Does the file exists and can you read it? -- Flemming Greve SkovengaardThe killer's breed or the Demon's seed, a.k.a Greven, TuxPower

AW: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Bastian Angerstein
: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop Bastian Angerstein wrote: Why does this dont work in my Script? open (TEST, /tmp/test.txt); while (TEST) { print $_; # or just print; } Does the file exists and can you read it? -- Flemming Greve SkovengaardThe killer's breed

Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Flemming Greve Skovengaard
Angerstein Betreff: Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop Bastian Angerstein wrote: Why does this dont work in my Script? open (TEST, /tmp/test.txt); while (TEST) { print $_; # or just print; } Does the file exists and can you read it? Bottompost, please. Your script works on my machine

Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Flemming Greve Skovengaard
Bastian Angerstein wrote: I noticed that while ($test=TEST) works on my system perfectly but while (TEST) dont ... dont know why... should reinstall perl. Thanks for your help Bastian They should both work, why they don't is beyond me. Please post on the list, I am *not* a all-seeing, all-knowing

Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread David le Blanc
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:33:24 +0200, Bastian Angerstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why does this don´t work in my Script? open (TEST, /tmp/test.txt); while (TEST) { print $_; # or just print; } You are making the assumption that 'TEST' sets '$_' which is not true. Oddly, perl makes

RE: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Bob Showalter
David le Blanc wrote: ... You are making the assumption that 'TEST' sets '$_' which is not true. Oddly, perl makes '' set $_, but not FILE... dunno why Sorry, but that's just not correct. while (TEST) DOES set $_, as documented in perldoc perlop under the secion I/O Operators The OP has

Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop

2004-10-26 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
David == David le Blanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David You are making the assumption that 'TEST' sets '$_' which is not David true. Oddly, perl makes '' set $_, but not FILE... dunno why No, that's completely wrong. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777