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Re^2: perl OPEN function and zless

by legendx (Acolyte)
on Jul 15, 2011 at 15:16 UTC ( [id://914630]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: perl OPEN function and zless
in thread perl OPEN function and zless

Thanks,
I used this to get it to work: 
open(FILE, '-|', "gunzip -c $filename");

while (FILE) 
{
..do action..
}

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