sub EditFile{ my $file = shift; open INFILE,$file; binmode INFILE; my ($buffer, $text); while(read(INFILE, $text, 4096, length($text))){} #Alternative Read method #while(read(INFILE, $buffer, 4096)){ # $text .= $buffer; #} ## close INFILE; # edit text open OUTFILE,">$file"; binmode OUTFILE; print OUTFILE $text; close OUTFILE; }