$| =1; sleep(10); # 1.5 Mb &Test(); # 113 Mb sleep(10); # 108 Mb &Test(); # 121 Mb sleep(10); # 108 Mb sub Test { my @l_Data; print "Loading\n"; open(FILE,'E:\Bigfile.txt'); # Bigfile.txt is a 25 Mb File @l_Data = ; close(FILE); undef(@l_Data); print "Unloaded\n"; }