Multiple files in a filehandle

[mark crowe (JIC)]

Hi all

Please can anyone tell me if there is a way to open multiple files to a
single filehandle, or somehow carry out something equivalent. I can do it by
putting the filenames into @ARGV and then doing a while (<>) {loop}, but I'd
like to use a specific filehandle name.

At the moment the best I can manage is
        open FILEHANDLE, "cat filename1 filename2 |";
It works, but I'm sure there ought to be something better.

TIA

Mark C