How do I open another handle to STDOUT


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by dmuz (Initiate)

on May 13, 2001 at 08:44 UTC ( [id://79995]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml )

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How do I do this: $var=STDOUT; open(LOG,$var); print LOG;

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Re: How do I do this: code$var=STDOUT; open(LOG,$var); print LOG;/code by japhy (Canon) on May 13, 2001 at 09:02 UTC
I think you want: `open DUP, ">&STDOUT"; print DUP "this goes to STDOUT, really\n"; close DUP;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I open another handle to STDOUT by dailylemma (Scribe) on May 13, 2001 at 16:09 UTC
It seems that `open( LOG, '>-'); print LOG;` [download] does the trick, although i'm not sure how to do this for a general filehadle.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I open another handle to STDOUT by lindex (Friar) on May 14, 2001 at 00:22 UTC
why no just... `DUP = STDOUT;` [download] lindex	[reply] [d/l]

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