in reply to What does the "*" means when placed infront of a variable or reference?

That there is a 'typeglob'. Read the perldoc perldata page, specifically the section entitled 'Typeglobs and Filehandles'. Here's a link:

http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perldata.html#Typeglobs-and-Filehandles

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