open my $read_log_file, '<', '/home/jay/my_perl_programs/log.txt' or die $!;

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16:13 >perl -Mstrict -wE "open(my $fh, '<', '1184_SoPW.pl') or die; say qq[>$fh<];"
>GLOB(0x7ec4f8)<

16:14 >