#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use File::ReadBackwards; open(STDOUT, '>', 'tie.txt') or die "Couldn't open file: $!\n"; my $file1 = '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/File/ReadBackwards.pm'; tie *BW, 'File::ReadBackwards', $file1 or die "can't open file $file1: $!\n"; while ( ) { print; } my $file2 = '/home/tie.txt'; open(STDOUT, '>', 'tie2.txt') or die "Couldn't open file $file2: $!"; tie *BW, "File::ReadBackwards", $file2 or die "Couldn't open file $file2: $!"; while ( ) { print; }