use strict; open OUTFILE, ">binfile"; binmode OUTFILE; print OUTFILE "1\n2\n3\n4\n"; close OUTFILE; #### use strict; open OUTFILE, ">binfile"; binmode OUTFILE; open INFILE, "; close INFILE; chomp @lines; foreach (@lines) { print OUTFILE $_,"\n"; } close OUTFILE;