I have been successfully reading files in a function for quite some time (see sample code snippet "WORKS" below). I am working on changing how I read the arguments that come into my function so that it is easier for other people to use. I tried changing to the use of a hash (see snippet "FAILS" below), but instead of getting the contents of the file that I opened, I get the glob address, e.g. GLOB(0x1499a8). I feel like the answer is right in front of me, but I still cannot see it. Can anyone help?
WORKS
#!/usr/bin/perl

my $handle1;
open($handle1, "< /tmp/1") || die "Input file does not exist.\n";

# Case 1
GetFileContentsViaScalar(\*$handle1);

close($handle1);

sub GetFileContentsViaScalar
{
  my $FH = shift;
  print "SHIFT:\n";
  {
    local($/);
    print <$FH>;
  }
}

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FAILS
#!/usr/bin/perl

my $handle1;
open($handle1, "< /tmp/1") || die "Input file does not exist.\n";

# Case 2 -- fails
GetFileContentsViaFnHash(\*$handle1);

close($handle1);

sub GetFileContentsViaFnHash
{
  my %test;
  $test{FH} = shift;
  print "Function hash:\n";
  {
    local($/);
    print <$test{FH}>;
  }
}

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In reply to Getting file handle glob name instead of contents by stevendel

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