I looked at the Tie::TextDir info, but i do not think that that is needed. I am just wondering on how i can make the bot add 1 to the $screenname.emo file when someone says Sorry, srry, sry, and as Nkuvu and bbfu pointed out, sory, but, as I said before, I am not sure how to add a number to what the file allready has in it (maybe it doesnt recognize it as only numerals, and can't add anything?) Thanks.
Read the existing number from the file, seek to the file's beginning and write back the new number. However, I really think those are gory details that would much better be hidden in a tied hash; Tie::TextDir may not be what you want, but you can always roll your own.