in reply to How can I write this in a "simpler" way?

You need to open a "file" and use a filehandle what you show applies to STDIN only.

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Re^2: How can I write this in a "simpler" way?
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 11, 2014 at 23:45 UTC
    Yeah, because technically we haven't reached the files yet, we are supposed to "feed" the input of the file with re-direction to the program, like:
    cat MYFILE | program.pl

    so, in that case, I guess what I wrote with defined is the correct way?