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How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?

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There's no builtin way to do this, but the perlform manpage has a couple of techniques to make it possible for the intrepid hacker.

Source: Perl FAQ: Files and Formats
Copyright: Copyright (c) 1997 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.

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