I've never done this before and was a little stunned at paucity of information I found googling.
edit: hey, I just found the solution googling...

Anyway, the form looks like this: 
<form name="test" method="post" action="/cgi-bin/test.pl">
<input name="myfile" type="file">
<button>Submit</button>
</form>

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edit: the form should be enctype="multipart/form-data"

And following the CGI.pm documentation at CPAN, I've tried this: 
my $cgi = new CGI;
my $file = $cgi->param('myfile');
my $fh = $cgi->upload('myfile');

#my $type = $cgi->uploadInfo($file)->{'Content-Type'};
print "<p>$file";

print $_ while (<$fh>);

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edit: all this is fine now
the "uploadInfo" line is commented out because it causes an error ("Can't use an undefined value as a HASH reference"). $file returns the correct filename, but contrary to the CPAN documentation, this does not have a path attached. And $fh is always undef, even if it is the only request, and (contrary to the CPAN documentation) $file does not function as a file handle.

edit: I guess there was nothing too contrary about the CPAN docs after all...except $file really does not have a path
:)

In reply to uploading via CGI [SOLVED] by halfcountplus

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