in reply to Blackslash confusion and newlines

That is not a "filehandle" that is a string

Its because single quotes do not interpolate while double quotes do interpolate. perlintro and Modern Perl explain interpolation.

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Re^2: Blackslash confusion and newlines
by pimperator (Acolyte) on May 31, 2014 at 00:28 UTC
    If I used single quotes then I should not have this problem?
        It works :O :D :) But just to make sure, if I used single quotes I don't have to worry about any other combinations? You said maybe