Hello jlope043,

I am glad that you resolved your problem. I just wanted to add a minor comment here that maybe it will help you in future.

Based on you code that you provided us, I noticed a few things. Always always!!!!!!! use strict and use warnings short documentation on why Use strict and warnings. Also do not use bare words for file handles, read here why Don't Open Files in the old way. Every time you open a file handle or close one use die or warn.

Hope this helps, BR.