open($self->{FILE}, ">>$self->{file_path}$self->{file_name}") || die "Could not open file $!\n"; #### my $self = {}; open($self->{FILE}, ">> text.txt") || die "Could not open file : $!\n"; my $fh = $self->{FILE}; print $fh "some text here\n"; close($self->{FILE});