Noone even mentioned File::Slurp! :)

If you must use a module for this, may I suggest Path::Tiny or File::Slurper? See File::Slurp is broken and wrong by Leon Timmermans for why.

... though I agree with haukex below that it's better to do it idiomatically without a module: my $string = do { local $/; <$fh> }

File Slurping References

• Any downsides to this slurp idiom? by haukex (2018) - prior discussion of this problem
• Timing and timing out Unix commands by me (2003) - crusty old code that contained a simple slurp_file function

References Added Later

• Does Perl have a baked-in memory llimit? by cormanaz (2023) - got an out of memory error slurping a half-gig file with File::Slurp
• Re^3: Does Perl have a baked-in memory llimit? by me (2023) - after being provoked by Bod I advised him to never use File::Slurp
• Re^3: Does Perl have a baked-in memory llimit? by hippo (2023) - ... suggested Bod try Path::Tiny instead of File::Slurp
• Re^2: how perl do 'envsubst' by vincentaxhe (2024) - expressed surprise that Path::Tiny could be used to slurp files
• Can't decode ill-formed UTF-8 octet sequence by Veraellyunjie (2024) - slurping files with raku slurp, replies mention Perl 5 File::Slurper and File::Slurp

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