use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper qw( Dumper ); print("Enter file path> "); chomp( my $qfn = ); { local $Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1; local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; local $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0; print('$qfn=', Dumper($qfn), "\n"); } open(my $fh, '<', $qfn) or die("open $qfn: $!\n");