To pass a file from the command line use @ARGV instead of <STDIN>. So your code:

my $processfilename=''; 
print "\nEnter filename to process (type exit to quit): "; 
chomp ($processfilename = <STDIN>);
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Could be:

my $processfilename=$ARGV[0];
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