Bastian Angerstein wrote:
Why does this dont work in my Script?
open (TEST, /tmp/test.txt);
while (TEST) {
print $_;
# or just
print;
}
Does the file exists and can you read it?
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Betreff: Re: Reading from a filehandle in while-loop
Bastian Angerstein wrote:
Why does this dont work in my Script?
open (TEST, /tmp/test.txt);
while (TEST) {
print $_;
# or just
print;
}
Does the file exists and can you read it?
Bottompost, please.
Your script works on my machine
Bastian Angerstein wrote:
I noticed that while ($test=TEST) works on my system perfectly but while (TEST) dont
... dont know why...
should reinstall perl.
Thanks for your help
Bastian
They should both work, why they don't is beyond me.
Please post on the list, I am *not* a all-seeing, all-knowing
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:33:24 +0200, Bastian Angerstein
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why does this don´t work in my Script?
open (TEST, /tmp/test.txt);
while (TEST) {
print $_;
# or just
print;
}
You are making the assumption that 'TEST' sets '$_' which is not
true. Oddly, perl makes
David le Blanc wrote:
...
You are making the assumption that 'TEST' sets '$_' which is not
true. Oddly, perl makes '' set $_, but not FILE... dunno why
Sorry, but that's just not correct.
while (TEST)
DOES set $_, as documented in perldoc perlop under the secion I/O
Operators
The OP has
David == David le Blanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
David You are making the assumption that 'TEST' sets '$_' which is not
David true. Oddly, perl makes '' set $_, but not FILE... dunno why
No, that's completely wrong.
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