#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Carp; open(my $count_file,"+<","count.txt") or croak "cant open"; my $count=<$count_file>; $count++; print $count_file $count; print $count; __END__ #### #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Carp; open(my $count_file,"<","count.txt") or croak "cant open"; my $count=<$count_file>; $count++; open($count_file,">","count.txt") or croak "cant open"; print $count_file $count; print $count; __END__