[0] Perl> `dir >junk.txt`;; [0] Perl> @d2 = do{ local @ARGV = 'junk.txt'; <> };; [0] Perl> print for @d2[ 0 .. 10 ];; Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is BCCA-B4CC Directory of c:\test 2007-05-02 16:31 . 2007-05-02 16:31 .. 2005-06-24 13:45 721 12balls.pl 2005-11-12 16:16 1,142 12days-enc.pl 2005-11-13 02:26 1,688 12days.pl 2004-07-28 00:37 124,592,128 1Mx4096.db