Re: Re: Re: How do I search this binary file?

[kschwab]

It is a read, but in void context, it doesn't appear to be using excessive memory ( I suppose since it's not filling $_ or any other variable ).

I did try this on a fairly large file (with large "records"), and didn't notice a significant growth in memory footprint compared to a smaller file.

Did you have a different experience ? Update: Tried it on a really large file, and sure enough, it eats up VM :) Never mind...sounds like asking the gods to map <HANDLE> in a void context into a scan might be a good idea though...