print FILE for @lines; # or, to be more verbose foreach my $line (@lines) { print FILE $line } #### print FILE "$_\n" for @lines; # or, to be more verbose foreach my $line (@lines) { print FILE "$line\n"; } #### print OUTPUT_FILE while ; # or, to be more verbose while ($line = ) { # manipulation of $line goes here. print OUTPUT_FILE $line; }