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[perl #24519] Piped opening from command line?

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Leah
Date:
November 18, 2003 19:55
Subject:
[perl #24519] Piped opening from command line?
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Is there a way to read files given on the commandline which begin or end
with '|' (pipe) using <>, -p, or -n?  It doesn't seem to be possible. 
It seems strange that perl would trust the user to open arbitrary pipes.

-- 
Leah


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