use strict; use warnings; my $t0 = time(); for (1..10) { open(F, "<:utf8", "noname2.txt"); while () { ; } close(F); } print time() - $t0; #### use strict; use warnings; my $t0 = time(); for (1..10) { open(F, "<", "noname2.txt"); while () { ; } close(F); } print time() - $t0;