in reply to Re: Unix 'grep -v' equivalency in Perl (was: Perl Regex Question)
in thread Unix 'grep -v' equivalency in Perl (was: Perl Regex Question)

Just a brief addition to this. You'll get more information by leaving off the "\n".

open(IN,$log) || die $!, "\n";
#or
#open(IN,$log) || die "$!\n";

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Gives the message:

No such file or directory

While

open(IN,$log) || die $!;

gives

No such file or directory at ./die line 5.

This behavior is documented in perldoc perlfunc die

After Compline,
Zaxo

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom