Yes, modules are it. Here is an example...
require 'plibs.pm';
plibs::cat("readme.txt");
---
then in the module
---
package plibs;
use strict;
sub cat
{
my $file=shift(@_);
my $data;
open(IN, "$file") or die $!;
while(<IN>) {$data.=$_;}
close(IN);
return $data;
}
1;
Agustin Rivera
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> I'm looking for an equivalent to C's #include or shell's . in perl, and I
> can't find it. Can anyone tell me how to include a second file at runtime
> without writing a module?
>
> If writing a module is the only way to do it, can someone give a a very
> simple example of a module?
>
> Andrew Clark
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