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How do I read an entire file as a string?

Sep 21st, 2003 10:30
Simon B, Per M Knutsen,

Clear $/ to allow the entire file to be read straight into your  
variable: 
$file = "include.dat"; 
my $string; 
{ 
   undef $/;        # read file all at once 
   open (FILE, $file) || die "cannot open $file: $!"; 
       $string = <FILE>; 
   close FILE; 
}