note Joost I think the filehandle functions are generally messy: Bareword file handles, indirect object syntax for print() and close(), open() modifies it's $fh argument, and my least favorite "feature": defaulting to ignoring errors, which just means you end up having to type <code>open FH,"<","file" or die "Can't open file: $!";</code> every time you use open, print and close. <p> I would prefer something like this: <p> <code> my $fh = open "<","filename"; $fh->print "stuff"; $fh->close; </code> <p> Which would also make it easier to replace a filehandle with some other object. <p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-157432"> <em>[id://149675|"What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"]</em> </div></div> 435338 435338