3 argument opens with pipes & messages

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

what;s the equivalent 3 argument open for pipes and messages?

open $wFH, "| more" ;
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i've tried every permutation i could think of. and for "messages" (not sure the term) i can't even use a variable.

print $w_FH<<THEEND;
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code snippet :

open FH, "| more" ;
print FH " hey ";
print FH<<THEEND;

LINES: info
##
##       this is a test
##
THEEND
close FH;
print "FH\n";
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i'm looking for the 3-arg equivalent to the open stmt and how to use a variable for the "<<" stmt. thanks

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Re: 3 argument opens with pipes & messages by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 11, 2007 at 03:45 UTC
i'm looking for the 3-arg equivalent to the open stmt ~~There isn't one.~~ See BrowserUK's reply. and how to use a variable for the "<<" stmt. thanks Put a space before the `<<` `my $fh = \STDOUT; print $fh<<'EOI'; # Fails abc EOI` [download] `my $fh = \STDOUT; print $fh <<'EOI'; # Works abc EOI` [download] Perl think's you're using the left shift operator with a lexical and no space.	[reply] [d/l] [select]