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open FILE_HANDLE, "<", $File_Name or die "probs opening $File_Name: $!
+\n";
while (<FILE_HANDLE>) { # defaults to one line at a time
    # do something to this line that is now
    # contained in the $_ variable
}

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# imagine each record starts with "New Record"
local $/="New Record";
...
    # do something to this block now
    # contained in the $_ variable
}