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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ C<popen> function. But in the shell, you just use a different redirection
character. That's also the case for Perl. The C<open> call
remains the same--just its argument differs.
-If the leading character is a pipe symbol, C<open) starts up a new
+If the leading character is a pipe symbol, C<open> starts up a new
command and open a write-only filehandle leading into that command.
This lets you write into that handle and have what you write show up on
that command's standard input. For example: