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in thread Issue with read a file

Use double quotes. Single quotes do not interpolate. Or even better, set $/ locally.
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Re^4: Issue with read a file
by dlal66 (Acolyte) on Sep 12, 2013 at 17:17 UTC
    Thanks everyone! The following worked: $whole_file = do { local $/; <FILE> };
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