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It is worth noting that File::Slurp does NOT support binmode

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Re^2: Answer: How do I read an entire file into a string?
by bmann (Priest) on Aug 18, 2004 at 20:17 UTC
    It is worth noting that File::Slurp does NOT support binmode

    Are you sure? From the pod: 

    If you set the binmode option, then the file will be slurped in binary
+ mode.

        my $bin_data = read_file( $bin_file, binmode => ':raw' ) ;

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