Instead, you might want to try something like 

local $/ = '****';
my @whole = <FILEHANDLE>;
print NEWFILE pop @whole; #you might want to stick it in a temp scalar
+ first to make it clearer... some people think print() with side effe
+cts is unclear
print OLDFILE @whole;

[download]

updated note: you don't have to use an array to do it this way, if you needed to actually process some of the input before all the input is received... you can do the same thing with a loop, but it's messy, because you'll be wanting to process the value you got on the _previous_ iteration, then process the last one outside the loop. You could also use sysread instead of <>, which will let you safely play with seeking and looking ahead for EOF, but unless you really really really need to do it that way, it's Bad News.
--
Snazzy tagline here

In reply to Re: end of by Aighearach
in thread end of by maddfisherman

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.