...
open OUT, ">", "outfile.name" or die "outfile.name: $!\n";
...
print OUT $DNA_conc;
# and so on...
####
# don't do this:
# print " Enter the number. \n";
# chomp ($df = );
# do this instead:
die "Usage: $0 multiplier_value\n"
unless ( @ARGV == 1 and $ARG[0] =~ /([\d.]+)/ );
my $df = $1;
####
your_script_name 10.5 > outfile.name
####
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use Regexp::Common;
die "Usage: $0 multiplier_number [input.file]\n"
unless ( @ARGV and $ARGV[0] =~ /^$RE{num}{real}$/ );
my $df = shift; # take the numeric arg off @ARGV
while (<>) # read from STDIN, or from file(s) named in @ARGV
{
if ( ! /^\s*(?:$RE{num}{real}\s+)+$/ ) { # if line has non-numerics
print;
}
else {
my @vals = map { $_ * $df * 50 } split;
print join( "\t", @vals ), "\n";
}
}
####
script_name 10 input.txt > 10_x_50_x_input.txt