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tell FILEHANDLE
tell

Returns the current position for FILEHANDLE. FILEHANDLE may be an expression whose value gives the name of the actual filehandle. If FILEHANDLE is omitted, assumes the file last read.

There is no systell function. Use sysseek(FH, 0, 1) for that.