use strict; open FH, ">test.txt" or die "not able to open file for writing $!"; #### # perlcritic blah.pl Bareword file handle opened at line 2, column 1. See pages 202,204 of PBP. (Severity: 5) Two-argument "open" used at line 2, column 1. See page 207 of PBP. (Severity: 5) Code before warnings are enabled at line 2, column 1. See page 431 of PBP. (Severity: 5)