in reply to Problem with reading the total file into variable

Consider using a module. 
use strict;
use warnings;
use Slurp;
my $data = slurp("/root/prac/packages/test.txt");
print $data;

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Re^2: Problem with reading the total file into variable
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 25, 2015 at 11:09 UTC
    :D A review of this module Slurp
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