Re: Filehandle/array naming

~~try enclosing the filehandle in <>,~~

Edit: The above won't work because the inside to the diamond operator must be a simple scalar variable and ${fh.$FILE} is not (why?). See choroba's answer

~~while ( ${line.$FILE} = <${fh.$FILE}> ) {~~

I must note that yours is definetely uncommon coding style! I usually use arrays rather than creating unqiue variables, one for each array item, whose name contains the array index. If I deciphered your code correctly that is.

EDIT: I forgot the tail -f, perhaps you want to replace that with a Perl module: File::Tail

bw, bliako

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Re^2: Filehandle/array naming by choroba (Cardinal) on Nov 20, 2020 at 11:38 UTC
This won't work, unfotunately. See perlop: > If what's within the angle brackets is neither a filehandle nor a simple scalar variable containing a filehandle name, typeglob, or typeglob reference, it is interpreted as a filename pattern to be globbed, and either a list of filenames or the next filename in the list is returned, depending on context. This distinction is determined on syntactic grounds alone. That means `<$x>` is always a `readline()` from an indirect handle, but `<$hash{key}>` is always a `glob()`. That's because $x is a simple scalar variable, but $hash{key} is not--it's a hash element. Even `<$x >` (note the extra space) is treated as `glob("$x ")`, not `readline($x)`. So, use readline, not the diamond. `map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]\|\|0,1}[\\|\|{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^ARGV,3]`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Filehandle/array naming by bliako (Abbot) on Nov 20, 2020 at 12:57 UTC
A clarification is needed: if `$x` is a "simple scalar variable", then what is `${fh.$FILE}`?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Filehandle/array naming by choroba (Cardinal) on Nov 20, 2020 at 13:48 UTC
A symbolic reference? `map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]\|\|0,1}[\\|\|{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^ARGV,3]`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Filehandle/array naming by bliako (Abbot) on Nov 20, 2020 at 16:55 UTC
Re^6: Filehandle/array naming (updated) by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Nov 20, 2020 at 17:26 UTC
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Re^3: Filehandle/array naming by JSAWS (Novice) on Nov 20, 2020 at 11:58 UTC
Thx a Million Choroba, that solved it!!!!	[reply]
Re^2: Filehandle/array naming by JSAWS (Novice) on Nov 20, 2020 at 12:00 UTC
Thx Bliako, I did have the <> in my code, not sure why it did not make it in my post. But that did not work either, readline was the golden ticket!	[reply]