my @data = $cgi_query->param($returned_param); # ^^^ $returned_param =~ s/\d//g; #Strip digits from parameter so that filenames match open(my $RESULTS_FILE, ">>C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/cgi-bin/results/$returned_param.txt"); my $data = join "\n", @data; # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ print $RESULTS_FILE $data;