I was wondering where $word gets it's value in your code. I set @words to <FILE> and the script ran without any known errors but it kept saying there weren't any words in file (as per your die). I tossed in a print $_ after I setup @words to <FILE> and it printed out the document, so we know there's nothing wrong with accessing and reading that file.

I think it has to do with $words not having a value and from your script I can't tell what I'm supposed to give it. One thing I noticed was $count($word) kept on giving me errors so I had to change it to $count{$word}, that could also be where the error resides.

I don't really see how perlplexer's line will solve my problem with displaying each word into a hash and count them, but for the sake of it I'll replace that line in my script.

Thanks.