use strict;
use warnings;

my $file;
while (1) {
    while (1) {
        print "Please enter a file name, or Q to quit.\n";
        chomp($file = <STDIN>);
        exit if uc $file eq 'Q';
        last if $file;
    }
    last if open(FH, $file);
    print "Can't open $file for read.\n";
}
print join '', <FH>;
exit;

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FYI - I'm sure this is a homework assignment of some sort, but if you're curious, you -can- print out a file to the screen with the 'cat' command if you're on the Unix or Mac command line. The 'type' command does something similar on Windows, supposedly.

In reply to Re: While loop wont work by TJPride
in thread While loop wont work by newtoperl1993

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