#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use Data::Dumper; my $file = q{alpha.txt}; my $class; #my $fh; #eval do { # open $fh, "<", $file or die "Unable to open: $!"; # local $/; # <$fh> #}; #die $@ if $@; #close $fh or die "Unable to close: $!"; do $file; print Dumper $class;