Hi thanos1983,

while I usually close my files when I am done with them (especially files in write or append mode), if only because I can look at their content even if the program is still running and doing other things (also useful if it is needed to copy them or to change their mode/permissions), closing file is done implicitly by Perl when you reopen the same file, when the handle goes out of lexical scope, or at the latest when the Perl program completes.

So, IMHO, closing files is indeed good practice, but not doing it explicitly is unlikely to be the OP's problem.

In reply to Re^2: How to tokenize a RTF file and print it to another file (Update with solution) by Laurent_R
in thread How to tokenize a RTF file and print it to another file by mdavies23

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