Mike wrote: > > What happens if I call a perl script as follows: > > test.pl < abc
The contents of the file "abc" are directed to the standard input of "test.pl" > What picks up the abc inside the script? In shell scripting I would just > use a read statement (read a). Is there a like function in perl? # reads from standard input, stores the current line in $_ while ( <STDIN> ) { # use the <> special null file handle to read from standard input while ( <> ) { John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]