Get the file name inside the <> operator

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

Dear community,
How to get the name of the file inside the <> operator
for ex :
while ( <> )
{
print "name of the file :------ , line :$_ " ;
}

please help me to print the name of the file

Comment on Get the file name inside the <> operator

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Re: Get the file name inside the <> operator by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 13, 2009 at 04:13 UTC
`<>` is short for `<ARGV>`. The name of the associated file is in `$ARGV`	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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