Hi, if I have understood your question correctly then try this,

use strict;
use warnings;

#####Function 1#############
open (FF, "sample.xml")||die $!;
my @con = <FF>;
close(FF);

#Passing Array to a function
&function1(\@con);

#####Function 2#############
open (FF, "sample.xml")||die $!;

#Passing File handle to a function
&function2(\*FF);

close(FF);


sub function1{
    my ($con) = @_;
    
    #Dereference the array
    my @con = @{$con};
    
    $,="\n";
    print @con;
}

sub function2{
    my ($con) = @_;
    
    print <$con>;
}

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Regards,
Velusamy R.

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In reply to Re: passing file handle to functions by Samy_rio
in thread passing file handle to functions by Anonymous Monk

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