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How to get the size of a file in Perl 6

Given a path to a file in a variable my $file = "path/to/file.jpg" we can determine the size of the file using the IO class and its s method: $file.IO.s.

• -s
• :s
• size

examples/file_size.pl6

use v6;

my $file = "/etc/passwd";
say $file.IO.s;

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Published on 2015-01-08

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