print ("The second element is $boxed[1]"); All is fine and Bucket Man appears. #### $data_path = "saved.data"; $now = time(); open(O, ">$data_path"); print O "@boxed"; close(O); #### $data_file="saved.data"; open(DAT, $data_file) || die("Could not open file!"); @raw_data=; close(DAT);