Perl Programming/Keywords/-o

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The -o keyword

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-o is a file test that tests, if the file is owned by effective uid.

It takes one argument, either a FILENAME, a FILEHANDLE, or a DIRHANDLE to test the associated file to see, if something is true about it. If the argument is omitted, it tests $_. -o returns 1 for true and an empty string for false. If the file doesn't exist or can't be examined, it returns undef and sets $! (errno).

Syntax

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  -o DIRHANDLE
  -o EXPRESSION
  -o FILEHANDLE
  -o FILENAME
  -o
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