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in thread What does _ mean?

What would be the "best practice" in this case? How would this be re-written?

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Re^3: What does _ mean?
by runrig (Abbot) on Feb 03, 2009 at 17:13 UTC
    pileofrogs is probably confusing the "_" file test operation argument with implicit usage of the "$_" variable, which is discouraged by some. "_" used appropriately as a file test argument is fine.
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