Re^2: Can't get text to print

[vinoth.ree]

I hope, If the mode is missing by default the file takes the default mode that is "<" (read only) mode.

[marto]

from the linked documentation:

"If MODE is < or nothing, the file is opened for input."

[ww]

Update: Intended as response to pre-update version of Re: Can't get text to print and misplaced. Mea culpa. </update>

From http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/open.html (5.20)

If three (or more) arguments are specified, the open mode (including optional encoding) in the second argument are distinct from the filename in the third. If MODE is < or nothing, the file is opened for input.

i.e., opened for reading. And also:

In the one- and two-argument forms of the call (emphasis supplied) ... (y)ou can--but shouldn't--omit the mode in these forms when that mode is < .