Re: Naming file handles with variables?

Perl has got a command line option '-n' that supports multiple file processing at the same time. Here $_ will have each line. This option is much faster than using a FileHandle for the cases where the number of files are not known. Look for -n option on command line.

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Re^2: Naming file handles with variables? by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Apr 30, 2009 at 13:43 UTC
No, not quite - from perlrun, we see: `-n causes Perl to assume the following loop around your program, which ma +kes it iterate over filename arguments somewhat like sed -n or awk:.. +.` [download] Since it [the -n option] causes perl to iterate over the files in turn, self-evidently doesn't meet the requirements of the OP. A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply] [d/l]