Hello all, I am trying to copy my original file but add a space after my $find. I have ran the code but nothing seems to export and I can't figure out why. I have used this format before on my of my other scripts but this one I can't get to function properly.

use strict;

for $find = "END OF EXPANDED DATA";

    open (NEW, ">", "FILE_OUTPUT.txt" ) or die "could not open:$!";
    open (FILE, "<", "FILE.txt") or die "could not open:$!";

    while (<FILE>) {
        if (/$find/){
        print NEW "\n";
    }
}
close (FILE);
close (NEW);
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INPUT FILE:

LINE 1
LINE 2
LINE 3
END OF EXPANDED DATA
LINE 4
LINE 5
LINE 6
LINE 7
END OF EXPANDED DATA
LINE 8
LINE 9
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OUTPUT FILE:

LINE 1
LINE 2
LINE 3
END OF EXPANDED DATA

LINE 4
LINE 5
LINE 6
LINE 7
END OF EXPANDED DATA

LINE 8
LINE 9
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