'qweqwe', 'rtyr tyr', '\'asdasd', 'fghfghfgh' #### use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; open my $file, '<', 'test1.dat'; my @data=do $file; close $file; print Dumper \@data; exit; __END__ #### D:\PerlMonks>read1.pl $VAR1 = [ undef ]; D:\PerlMonks>