select BEDROCK; # BEDROCK doesn't exist yet
open BEDROCK, ">>/home/barney/.error_log";
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open my $bedrock, ">>", "/home/barney/.error_log";
select $bedrock;
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open my $bedrock, ">>", "/home/barney/.error_log" or die "Can't open file: $!";