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From perldoc -f open:

If FILEHANDLE is an undefined scalar variable (or array or hash element) the variable is assigned a reference to a new anonymous filehandle…

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Re^2: open (my $f, ....)
by lezek (Initiate) on Feb 16, 2006 at 17:16 UTC
    Guh, I was reading the wrong page. I keep trying to use perldoc like man, for some reason. Thanks for the pointer.
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