foreach my $key ( @keys ) { my $foo = $self->{'output'}->{$key}; if ( ! defined $foo->{'fh'} and $foo->{'type'} ne 'named_pipe' ) { croak "undefined fh for key $key\n"; } given ( $foo->{'type'} ) { when ('named_pipe') { open my $handle, '>', $foo->{'name'} or croak "open failed: $!"; print $handle $input; close $handle or croak "close failed: $!"; } } }