I was up late last night trying to figure out an ugly... it has always bugged me that 
#!/usr/bin/perl
open  something, ">/dev/null";
print something "happilly\n"; # then
close something; #back up...

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works fine, but once I put in 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

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perl starts complaining... I used to try to put quotes in there 
open "something", ">/dev/null";

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but that was foolish... I finnally found out that the real solution is to use capital letters (especially at the beginning of the file handle)... Though I don't remember--but for a vague memory--any documentation to the effect. Well, I'm nolonger pester'd. :) And my new pleasure on to you. 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
open ThisWorksGreat, ">/dev/null";

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In reply to pester'd by jettero

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