open my $fh1, '<', "/tmp/host/mon2a" or die "unable to open file 'file' for reading : $!"; my @fromfile=<$fh1>; close $fh1; #### open my $fh1, '<', "/tmp/host/mon2a" or die "unable to open file 'file' for reading : $!"; while (<$fh1>) #### for (@fromfile)