Hi Perl Monks, I'm reading an HTM file line by line, then saving the results ($line) in a text file (to be manipulated further). However, the code below fails to generate any output. What am I missing? My apologies. Thank you for any suggestions! 
  
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use File::stat;
use lib "c:/strawberry/perl/site/lib";

#This program will extract Exhibit 21 info from 10-K filings;

#Specify the directory containing the files that you want to read;
my $files_dir = 'E:\research\audit fee models\filings\Test';
#Specify the directory containing the results/output;
my $write_dir =  'E:\research\audit fee models\filings\filenames\filen
+ames.txt';

#Open the directory containing the files you plan to read;
opendir(my $dir_handle, $files_dir) or die "Can't open directory $!";

#Initialize file counter variable;
my $file_count = 0;

#Loop for reading each file in the input directory;
while (my $filename = readdir($dir_handle))  {
next unless -f $files_dir.'/'.$filename;
print "Processing $filename\n";

#Initialize the variable names.
my $line_count=0;
my $access_num="";
my $cik=-99;
my $name="";
my $stuff="";
my $line="";

#Open the input file;
open my $FH_IN, '<',$files_dir.'/'.$filename or die "Can't open $filen
+ame";
#Within the file loop, read each line of the current file;
while (my $line = <$FH_IN>) {     
next unless -f $files_dir.'/'.$filename ;

if ($line_count > 500000) { last;}

++$line_count;

 } 
  
#Open the ouput file;
open my $FH_OUT, '>>',$write_dir or die "Can't open file $write_dir"; 
#Save the output to disk;
print $FH_OUT "$line\n"; 


#close $FH_IN or die "unable to close $filename";

#Update file counter;
  ++$file_count;
  
print "$line_count lines read from $filename\n";
  
#closedir($dir_handle);
close($FH_OUT);

}

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In reply to Read HTM, but no output by wrkrbeee

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