> I could push $ARGV onto an array using eof and compare the result to @ARGV after the loop

please note that the continue will not be executed for empty files, although they exist.

LanX@MDXN MINGW64 /
$ ls -l file*
-rw-r--r-- 1 LanX 1049089 0 Jan 21 23:12 file1
-rw-r--r-- 1 LanX 1049089 2 Jan 21 23:13 file3

LanX@MDXN MINGW64 /
$ perl -e'while(<>){1;}continue{print "---$ARGV\n" if eof;}; print $!'
+ file1 file2 file3
Can't open file2: No such file or directory at -e line 1.
---file3
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