Perl FAQ 4.29

Well, it does. The thing to remember is that local() provides an array context, and that the <FILE> syntax in an array context will read all the lines in a file. To work around this, use:

    local($foo);
    $foo = <FILE>;

You can use the scalar() operator to cast the expression into a scalar context:

    local($foo) = scalar(<FILE>);

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