my $in_filename = 'in.txt'; my $out_filename = 'out.txt'; open my $in_fh, '<', $in_filename or die "Can't read '$in_filename': $!"; open my $out_fh, '>', $out_filename or die "Can't write '$out_filename': $!"; while ( my $in_line = <$in_fh> ) { print {$out_fh} $in_line; } close $in_fh or die "close failed: $!"; close $out_fh or die "Close failed: $!";