Or 2GB (or another arbitrary limit set by the OS). Many computers, specifically those that are 32 bit, may have a limit, and/or your version of 'perl' may be compiled without large file support, in which case you may be capped below the size of memory (not to mention swap).
Especially with the blurred line between 32/64 bits that modern processors are creating... http://danconia.org > The answer is "the entire memory of your computer". > > Teddy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ajey Kulkarni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:27 PM > Subject: Re: Multi Line text processing > > > > >> my $txt = do { local $/; <FILE> }; > > Just on a side note, has any1 tried to get the MAX FILE SIZE that > can be slurped into a scalar variable? Is there any limit? Where > can i get such info?? > > Regards > ~A > > On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: > > > Anish Kumar K. wrote: > > > I want to replace a text from a file say a.txt. > > > > > > a.txt contains > > > > > > line1: this is > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
