my $word_hash_ref = zip_lists($vars{'words'},$vars{'subs'}); say "in main"; my %hash = %$word_hash_ref; # main control my $check = join '|', keys %hash; binmode STDOUT, ":utf8"; open(my $hh, "<:encoding(UTF-8)", $vars{'source'}) || die "can't open UTF-8 encoded filename: $!"; while(<$hh>){ chomp; $_ =~ s/($check)/$hash{$1}/gi; say "$_"; }