Re^2: using zcat for input?

Just curious...but why the sprintf on the open. Wouldn't open(IN, "zcat $filename |") or die "..." be sufficient?

thor

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Re^3: using zcat for input? by Anonymous Monk on Feb 28, 2017 at 16:03 UTC
at least not for me, since the scripts take a lot of time to finish.	[reply]