eof filehandle eof()
Returns true if the next read on
filehandle
will return end-of-file, or if
filehandle
is not open.
filehandle
may be an expression whose value gives the real filehandle name. An
eof
without an argument returns the end-of-file status for the last file read. Empty parentheses
()
may be used in connection with the combined files listed on the command line. That is, inside a
while (<>)
loop,
eof()
will detect the end of only the last of a group of files. Use
eof(ARGV)
or
eof
(without the parentheses) to test
each
file in a
while (<>)
loop. For example, the following code inserts dashes just before the last line of the
last
file:
while (<>) { if (eof()) { print "-" x 30, "\n"; } print; }
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