#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use feature 'say'; my $file = 'myfilename.txt'; open my $fb, "<", $file or die "Can not open '$file': $!"; while (my $line=<$fb>) { chomp $line; say 'Line: ' . $line . ' Length: ' . length $line; } close $fb or warn "Can not close '$file': $!"; __END__ $ perl test.pl Line: heaven Length: 6 Line: heavenly Length: 8 Line: heavenns Length: 8 Line: abc Length: 3 Line: heavenns Length: 8 Line: heavennly Length: 9