#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use utf8; my $file = "C:\\Αντίγραφο\\VOLINFO.TXT"; open FILE, $file or die "can't open $file: $!"; while () { } close FILE; #### can't open C:\Αντίγραφο\VOLINFO.TXT: No such file or directory at C:\perl_scripts\open_file.pl line 7.