in reply to Re^4: user input file
in thread user input file

If you want the user to type the file name into the interactive terminal that Padre spawns, then you should assign the file name from STDIN - see I/O Operators in perlop. That code will probably look like: 
    my $filename = <>;
    chomp $filename;
    open(FILE,"<", $filename) or die "Open failed for $filename: $!"; 
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    my @lines=<FILE>;

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The chomp is necessary because your input will have a trailing newline which is not in the file name.

#11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.

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