Greg Boug skribis 2004-07-15 20:01 (+1000):
>       open FH, "|/usr/bin/foo";

I'd love to be rid of -| and |-. I always have to RTFM to know which
one is which.

    open :r :p, '/usr/bin/foo';  # Or :read :pipe
    open :rp, '/usr/bin/foo';    # IIRC, rules also let you combine
                                 # single-letter modifiers

>       open FH, "/usr/bin/foo|";

    open :w :p, ...;

And open2 is :r :w :p or :rwp or :read :write :pipe.

Or something like that.


Juerd

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