my $File_Data = get_file_data('/path/to/the/file/to/read');
print $File_Data;

sub get_file_data { 
my $titlefile = shift;         
open F, "< $titlefile" or die "Couldn't open `$titlefile': $!";
local $/ = undef;           # Read entire file at once
my $contents = <F>;         # Return file as one single `line'
close F;
return $contents;
}