Re^2: Problem with reading the total file into variable

~~seems nobody proposed it so here is a way to do it~~

{
    local $/;#makes the separator variable undef
    #thus preventing perl from seeing \n as line separators
    while(<$fh>){
        $var = $_;
    }
}
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this should read the whole file in one go into $var if I'm not mistaken

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Re^3: Problem with reading the total file into variable by Anonymous Monk on Aug 25, 2015 at 08:21 UTC
seems nobody proposed it so here is a way to do it perlintro and Modern Perl both discuss this They also avoid a loop to slurp a file	[reply]
Re^4: Problem with reading the total file into variable by QuillMeantTen (Friar) on Aug 25, 2015 at 09:03 UTC
OOps sorry, I am still learning my way through the nodes I'll delete my redundant previous redundant post	[reply]