the special filehandle _ doesn't seem to be documented in perlvar , don't know why.
Hmm, this may be nitpicking, but I am not sure it can be called a "special filehandle", it is not really a filehandle. IMHO, it is more like a filename (and file path). But I do not know what to call it either. Perhaps we could call this a special alias to the last file submitted to a file test operator or to stat.

One thing is sure. I have been knowing about this possibility for several years, and I usually recognize it when I see it, but whenever I would need to use it (well, not so often, but it happens once in a while), I don't remember what it was exactly, and I spend time finding again the right piece of documentation. The documentation could really be improved on this, with the right cross-references to make it easier to find.

The good thing about this thread is that I believe I'll remember it from now on.

Je suis Charlie.

In reply to Re^3: Help with file test operators by Laurent_R
in thread Help with file test operators by justame

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