OK, I think this'll work (I tested this by making test1.txt a normal text file, and then translating every "\n" into "\007" into test2.txt):

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
package MyHandle;
use Tie::Handle;
use IO::Handle;
use base 'Tie::StdHandle';

my %seps;

sub READLINE
{
 my $self = shift;
 local $/ = $seps{$self};
 $self->SUPER::READLINE(@_);
}

sub set_input_separator
{
 my $self = shift;
 $seps{$self} = shift;
}

sub DESTROY
{
 delete $seps{shift};
}

package main;

my $fh = tie *FH2, 'MyHandle';
$fh->set_input_separator( "\007" );

open FH1, 'test1.txt';
open FH2, 'test2.txt';

while (<FH1>)
{
 my $data1 = $_;
 chop($data1);
 my $data2 = <FH2>;
 chop($data2);
 print "(1)$data1\n(2)$data2\n";
}

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update: added DESTROY to avoid mem leaks

In reply to Re: Setting a filehandle attribute for just one filehandle by bikeNomad
in thread Setting a filehandle attribute for just one filehandle by princepawn

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