c:\@Work\Perl\monks\Anonymous Monk\1199083>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dump -le "my @bin; ;; while(my $line = <>) { push @bin, $line; } ;; dd \@bin; " junk_1.txt ["line uno\n", "line two\n", "line 3\n"] c:\@Work\Perl\monks\Anonymous Monk\1199083>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dump -le "my @bin = <>; ;; dd \@bin; " junk_1.txt ["line uno\n", "line two\n", "line 3\n"] #### line uno line two line 3