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6. Advanced File Handling

William “Bo” Rothwell1 
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File handling is the process of working with data that either originates from an external source (typically a file) or is to be sent to an external destination. Perl offers several features related to file handling that are covered in this chapter.

Review: Basic file handling

Basic Regular Expressions are discussed in the Beginning Perl Programming: From Novice to Professional book. The goal of this section is to provide a quick review of what is covered in that book.

If you are already familiar with these Regular Expressions, then skip to the next ...

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