File::Slurp is over 20 years old

... and for much of that time had serious issues surrounding Unicode handling, and at the moment still has 26 open bugs, its last release was over four years ago... sorry, but there are real reasons why the usual recommendation I've heard is against File::Slurp, in addition to the fact that slurping a file is something that can be done in three lines of Perl code.

some of what you will receive here in response to your questions is utter crap

As far as I can tell the anon you responded to has been posting here for much longer than you, and knows what they're talking about. Don't be too quick to judge.

In reply to Re^4: How do I modify a line within the file itself? by Anonymous Monk
in thread How do I modify a line within the file itself? by newbie4659

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