while(<$fh>) { next if 1..1; # skip first line print; } #### # intentionally not using range operator to avoid confusion for(1,2,3,4,5) { next if 1..1; # never returns true! print "$_\n"; } #### my $i = 0; while(++$i <= 5) { next if 1..1; # never returns true! print "$i\n"; }