Hi PerlMonks,

I am interested in uploading a text file which has been just created on desktop to save results. For this I have written a script m1.pl given below. The cmd is showing error "Use of uninitialized value $new". I am at my wit's end to solve this problem. Please help me.

Here goes the script m1.pl:

#!/usr/bin/perl 
use warnings; 
 
##################################
# Output to a text file:   
################################## 
$output1="j.txt";       
open (my $fh1,">",$output1) or die"Cannot open file
  '$output1'.\n"; 
##################################

 $a="John is"; $b="a good boy"; 
 $join=$a.$b; # Concatenate  

print "\n Complete sentence:\n
 $join\n\n"; 

print $fh1 "\n Complete sentence:\n
 $join\n\n"; 

#######################################
# To input textfile j.txt from desktop:
####################################### 

open FILE,"j.txt" or die "Can't open file:$!"; 
while (<FILE>) {  
    $new .=$_;}  
close FILE; 

print "\n Uploaded file content:\n
 $new\n\n"; 

exit; 
#########################

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Incorrect results of cmd:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\x>cd desktop

C:\Users\x\Desktop>m1.pl

 Complete sentence:

 John isa good boy
Use of uninitialized value $new in concatenation (.) or string at C:\U
+sers\x\Desktop\m1.pl line 30.

 Uploaded file content:

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