Thank you, that works! What's the 0056 doing?

I'd also like to randomize these paragraph breaks in a range of 5 - 19 periods (not just every n periods), and output to new file. Here's what I've got; the while loop/output isn't right. If it's more appropriate to edit my initial post or make a new post I will. Thanks. 

 #!/usr/bin/perl
  use strict;
  use warnings;

  my $filename = 'input.txt';
  my $out = 'ouput.txt';

  my $minimum = 5;
  my $range = 19;


  my $random_number = int(rand($range)) + $minimum;

  
 
  open(my $fh, '>>', $filename) or die "Could not open file '$filename
+' $!";

    while(my $fh) {
         
  print  my $fsh('$_.="\n\n" x !(++$c % $random_number')); #compilatio
+n error
    };

close $fh;

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In reply to Re^2: Newline after every 5 periods by paulm2
in thread Newline after every 5 periods by paulm2

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