in reply to File Input and Output
running this code:
open(FILE, "data.txt"); #opens data.txt in read-mode
while(<FILE>){ #reads line by line from FILE which is the filehandle for data.txt
chomp;
print "Saw $_ in data.txt\n"; #shows you what we have read
}
close FILE; #close the file.
results in:
# perl test1
syntax error at test1 line 5, near "<"
syntax error at test1 line 5, near ">"
Execution of test1 aborted due to compilation errors.
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