NAME Modern::Open - Autovivification, Autodie, and 3-args open support SYNOPSIS use Modern::Open; DESCRIPTION Modern::Open provides autovivification and autodie support of open(), opendir(), sysopen(), pipe(), socket(), and accept() on perl 5.00503 or later. And supports three-argument open(), too. INSTALLATION 1. Copy Modern/Open.pm to @INC directory. SEE ALSO Announcing Perl 7 Jun 24, 2020 by brian d foy https://www.perl.com/article/announcing-perl-7/ open - Perl Programming Documentation http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/open.html Three-arg open() (Migrating to Modern Perl) - Modern Perl Programming http://modernperlbooks.com/mt/2010/04/three-arg-open-migrating-to-modern-perl.html Pre-Modern Perl VS Post-Modern Perl: FIGHT! - A blog about the Perl programming language http://blogs.perl.org/users/buddy_burden/2013/06/pre-modern-perl-vs-post-modern-perl-fight.html perl - open my $fh, "comand |"; # isn't modern - 404 Blog Not Found http://blog.livedoor.jp/dankogai/archives/51176081.html Migrating scripts back to Perl 5.005_03 http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=289351 Goodnight, Perl 5.005 http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/11/goodnight_perl_5005.html Perl 5.005_03 binaries http://guest.engelschall.com/~sb/download/win32/ Welcome to CP5.5.3AN http://cp5.5.3an.barnyard.co.uk/ Strict::Perl http://search.cpan.org/dist/Strict-Perl/ japerl - CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/japerl/ ina - CPAN http://search.cpan.org/~ina/ BackPAN - A Complete History of CPAN http://backpan.perl.org/authors/id/I/IN/INA/