Re^2: File handles and loops

In addition, this

    my $editor = $ENV{'editor'};
    system('vim', $my_file);
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should be like this:

    my $editor = $ENV{'EDITOR'} || 'vim';
    system($editor, $my_file);
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Re^3: File handles and loops by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 31, 2012 at 08:45 UTC
Also consider Proc::InvokeEditor. It doesn't work as nicely on Windows, as it doesn't have `notepad.exe` as the fallback editor there, but if you have vi(m) somewhere, it'll get used.	[reply] [d/l]