open(my $fh, '<', \<<'__EOI__'); ... ... ... __EOI__ #### my %files = ( users => <<'__EOI__', ... ... ... __EOI__ posts => <<'__EOI__', ... ... ... __EOI__ ); open(my $fh_users, '<', \$files{users}); open(my $fh_posts, '<', \$files{posts});