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in reply to Re: How to use empty "<>" (Diamond Operator) inside While loop
in thread How to use empty "<>" (Diamond Operator) inside While loop

treat them as file names
to be exact, it passes them to two-argument open, which may treat them as file names or as something else. See magic-diamond <> behavior -- WHAT?!.
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