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looks like my poll idea has generated alot of interest. How about 
system( "cat $0 > /dev/null");

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Re^3: poll ideas quest 2009
by shmem (Chancellor) on May 05, 2009 at 18:47 UTC

    Eh, no. Useless use of cat. 

    system "cat /dev/null > $0"
  or exec $0;
die or die; # just to be sure

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