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I did not know I needed to close like that. Much to learn. thanks!
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Re^3: read value from file won't pass if exists??
by Eimi Metamorphoumai (Deacon) on Jan 04, 2005 at 15:34 UTC
    In general, you don't need to call close yourself in a small script. Perl will close all open file handles when the script finishes. Additionally, if you open the same filehandle with a different file, Perl will close the first one for you first. If you're writing a large program, you can sometimes run into a limit on the total number of files you can have open at once, so it's a good habbit to close anything you have open when you're done with it, but it generally won't do any harm if you don't.
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