Re: How to read contents of a file without opening it and print the contents

A good point was brought up in the CB... perhaps this question is being asked because the OP tried to open a file and it failed.

If that is the case, use

open my $fh, '<', $name or die "The open failed because of '$!'\n";
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... then fix the problem that is reported.

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Re^2: How to read contents of a file without opening it and print the contents by Anonymous Monk on Jan 28, 2015 at 22:48 UTC
I am attempting to fulfill an assignment that involves searching the file using regular expressions. "write a script called xxx.pl. This script should read the contents of /httpd/conf/httpd.conf without opening it and print out every line that contains /cgi-bin." So How does one "read a file without opening it?"	[reply]
Re^3: How to read contents of a file without opening it and print the contents by LanX (Saint) on Jan 28, 2015 at 22:53 UTC
It took you 4 years to return to this thread? Wow! Could it be that your assignment is rather HTTP than regex related? but even then .... a very stupid question. update maybe someone thought that using shell redirections do not open: $content=`<filename` ? update or $content=`cat filename` ? but even then .... a very stupid question! Cheers Rolf PS: Je suis Charlie!	[reply] [d/l] [select]