Re^2: use 'select' to change default output handle for entire script

Hmm, but then if I really wanted to use STDOUT I'd have to reopen it right?

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Re^3: use 'select' to change default output handle for entire script by rev_1318 (Chaplain) on Nov 19, 2004 at 15:51 UTC
Then first open a filehandle to your old STDOUT, before redirecting STDOUT: `open OLDSTDOUT ">&STDOUT" or die "oops: $!"; open STDOUT ">&STDERR" or die "oops: $!"; print OLDSTDOUT "Still to STDOUT..\n";` [download] Paul	[reply] [d/l]