PERLOPENTUT(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLOPENTUT(1)

PERLOPENTUT(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLOPENTUT(1) # PERLOPENTUT(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLOPENTUT(1) NNAAMMEE # perlopentut - simple recipes for opening files and pipes in Perl DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN # Whenever you do I/O on a file in Perl, you do so through what in Perl is called a ffiilleehhaannddllee. A filehandle is an internal name for an external file. It is the job of the "open" function to make the association between the internal name and the external name, and it is the job of the "close" function to break that association. ...