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This works: $ perl -e ' $s = <STDIN> ; print "$s\n"; ' I don't like it because <STDIN> is hard coded. What if I want to conditionally read from a file? Here is my attempt to store it in a variable but it does not work with ActiveState Perl: $ perl -e ' local X; X = <STDIN> ; $s = X ; print "$s\n"; ' Can't modify constant item in local at -e line 1, near "X;" Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors. What is the syntax? Is <STDIN> a file handle in perl? thanks, siegfried -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
