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How do I read a file one byte, or a specified number of bytes, at a time; rather than just reading to the newline (or whatever $/ is)

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Re: Read a file
by japhy (Canon) on May 08, 2002 at 20:59 UTC
    You could set $/ to a reference to an integer, and then you'd read that many bytes at a time with the standard <FH> syntax.

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Re: Read a file
by particle (Vicar) on May 08, 2002 at 22:16 UTC
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Re: Read a file
by guha (Priest) on May 08, 2002 at 20:22 UTC
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Re: Read a file
by BUU (Prior) on May 08, 2002 at 20:20 UTC
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