title: What is the best way to slurp a file into a string in Perl?
body: <p>Yes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_is_more_than_one_way_to_do_it" rel="noreferrer">There's More Than One Way To Do It</a> but there must be a canonical or most efficient or most concise way. I'll add answers I know of and see what percolates to the top.</p>
  
  <p>To be clear, the question is how best to read the contents of a file into a string.
  One solution per answer.</p>