Answer: How else can I read from a file without using a while loop, testing for the EOF? contributed by S@nto Much less dangerous than undef-ing $/ globably (and maybe forgetting to set it back) local-ize it to a block that just does your file-reading: my $string = do{ local $/; <$filehandle> }; Or you can use $RS if you can't (or don't want to) remember $/ .

Answer: How else can I read from a file without using a while loop, testing for the EOF? contributed by Fastolfe A while (<FH>) { ... } block implicitely tests for eof. Are you trying to avoid the <FH> construct (which reads line-by-line, unless you've undefined $/ as mentioned by another poster), such as with binary files? There are also the very standard and documented built-ins: read and sysread. These will read an arbitrary amount of data from a file.

Answer: How else can I read from a file without using a while loop, testing for the EOF? contributed by ickiller As i know, the most efficient method is to set the input record separator to nothing like the following snippet: $/ = undef; $wholefile = <FILE>; [download] Roli

Answer: How else can I read from a file without using a while loop, testing for the EOF? contributed by t0j0 or maybe you can use file-slurp function.. use File::Slurp; # to get your data into scalar variable $output_string = read_file($filename); # or this to get your data into array @output_array = read_file($filename); [download]

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