hello again,

this is up to you: you can ask again via STDIN as you have done for the first file or you can hardcode the name into the script or you can craft it using the program name or the first file name:

# option 1
print "Enter the name for the output file:\n"; 
my $outfile = <STDIN>;
chomp $outfile; #parens not needed

# option 2
my $outfile = 'output.txt';

# option 3a
my $outfile = $firstfilename.'.out';

# option 3b - using $0 aka the current program filename

use File::Basename qw(basename);

my $outfile = (basename $0).'.out';

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In reply to Re^3: How to ask user for file name and save the output to a new text file by Discipulus
in thread How to ask user for file name and save the output to a new text file by mmazlan67

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