Using our within a block makes the variable a package global only within that block. To make the global valid throughout the entire file, simple put our $text at the top. You're also re-declaring $text inside your while loop each time and then matching it, which doesn't make sense, and should result in a "Use of uninitialized value in substitution" warning.
However, it's good practice to avoid global variables when possible. Instead, you can do something like this:
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
sub load_file {
my $file = shift;
my $text;
{
local $/;
open my $fh, $file or die "Can't open $file $!";
$text = <$fh>;
}
return $text;
}
my $text = load_file( '/home/greyfox/data/TBLLOTUSNOTESPYRAMID.txt' );
Then, you can pass $text as a parameter to a subroutine that processes the second file, for example.
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