Eh? There is no unreachable code in the OP. There is a non-coded space in the same scope as and below the if-else statement which *could* contain unreachable code, but there is NO code there. pertcritic confirms. 

bash-4.2$ perlcritic --brutal pccdoe.pl 
Code is not tidy at line 1, column 1.  See page 33 of PBP.  (Severity:
+ 1)
Module does not end with "1;" at line 1, column 1.  Must end with a re
+cognizable true value.  (Severity: 4)
Code not contained in explicit package at line 1, column 1.  Violates 
+encapsulation.  (Severity: 4)
No package-scoped "$VERSION" variable found at line 1, column 1.  See 
+page 404 of PBP.  (Severity: 2)
Code before strictures are enabled at line 1, column 1.  See page 429 
+of PBP.  (Severity: 5)
Code before warnings are enabled at line 1, column 1.  See page 431 of
+ PBP.  (Severity: 4)
Found "\t" at the end of the line at line 5, column 1.  Don't use whit
+espace at the end of lines.  (Severity: 1)
Found "\N{SPACE}" at the end of the line at line 6, column 15.  Don't 
+use whitespace at the end of lines.  (Severity: 1)
Builtin function called with parentheses at line 8, column 3.  See pag
+e 13 of PBP.  (Severity: 1)
Close filehandles as soon as possible after opening them at line 8, co
+lumn 3.  See page 209 of PBP.  (Severity: 4)
"$fh" is declared but not used at line 8, column 8.  Unused variables 
+clutter code and make it harder to read.  (Severity: 3)
Useless interpolation of literal string at line 8, column 16.  See pag
+e 51 of PBP.  (Severity: 1)
"die" used instead of "croak" at line 8, column 31.  See page 283 of P
+BP.  (Severity: 3)
Magic punctuation variable $! used in interpolated string at line 8, c
+olumn 35.  See page 79 of PBP.  (Severity: 2)
Found "\N{SPACE}" at the end of the line at line 8, column 61.  Don't 
+use whitespace at the end of lines.  (Severity: 1)
"die" used instead of "croak" at line 14, column 3.  See page 283 of P
+BP.  (Severity: 3)

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