$ perl -e 'my $c = "foobar.txt"; open my $FH, "<", $c or die "cannot open $c $!"; ' cannot open foobar.txt No such file or directory at -e line 1. $ perl -e 'my $c = "foobar.txt"; open my $FH, "<", $c or die "cannot open $c $!\n"; ' cannot open foobar.txt No such file or directory