open(my $fh2, '<:encoding(UTF-8)',$playlistName) or die "Could not open playlist file '$playlistName $!"; while( my $playListRow = <$fh2>){ chomp $playListRow; if($playListRow =~ /^\s*#/){ next;} else{ # print "$playListRow\n"; $playListRow = quotemeta($playListRow); my $lscom = "ls $playListRow 2>&1";