use Data::Dumper; local $Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1; local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; local $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0; print("$abifiles = ", Dumper($abifiles), "\n"); #### $abif->open_abif($abifiles); #### $abif->open_abif($abifiles) or die("Can't open or read file \"$abifiles\". " ." Possible error: $!\n");