Re: `cat $myfile`; vs. open(MYHANDLE, "myfile")

The while (<$file>) approach is usually preferred since it doesn't bloat your memory.

liverpole is correct, but you may still have \r's. Try my @array = split "\r\n" => `cat file`;.

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Re^2: `cat $myfile`; vs. open(MYHANDLE, "myfile") by bw (Novice) on Aug 07, 2006 at 22:38 UTC
Hmmm. No joy for either version. I'll try the while(<MYHANDLE>) approach tommorrow when I return to hit this problem again. Thanks to you both for the suggestions.	[reply]
Re^3: `cat $myfile`; vs. open(MYHANDLE, "myfile") by eff_i_g (Curate) on Aug 07, 2006 at 22:47 UTC
What delimits the records in your file? What is the `<STDIN>` part doing? P.S. Use the three argument open if your perl supports it. You may also prefer to use ~~a lexical~~ an indirect filehandle also, e.g., `open my $FILE, '<', $file or croak "Could not open '$file': $!";`	[reply] [d/l] [select]