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From: david@kailand.kai.com
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Subject: Re: perl question about > in file name
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Date: 5 Jun 89 13:17:00 GMT
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/* Written  2:36 pm  Jun  4, 1989 by don@zippy.eecs.umich.edu in kailand:comp.sources.d */
/* ---------- "perl question about > in file name" ---------- */
>Does anyone know if there is any way to make "perl" read from a
>file whose name begins with a ">" character?  

Even more fun is trying to remove a couple files named -r and -f. One
simple answer is to prepend './' to files that do not start with a slash.

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