ok Im lost as to why I can not open a file...
ok first the version im runnning
$ perl -v
This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for sun4-solaris
I dont have root or privleages so i cant change this :( 

 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w 
open(OUT,"> /export/home/foo/bar/test.csv") or die "Cannot open output
+ file;
print OUT "foo,bar,totally foobar\n"

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This works just fine I tested by #'ing out all lines but those 2

When I add this line it doesnt work and I do not understand why? 
 
open(READ,"/export/home/foo/bar/foo.log") or die "Cannot open foo.log\
+n";
while ($line = <READ>)
{

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probably have my head up my ..... but I just cant figure it out. I get the following error
syntax error at test.pl line 4, near "open"
Execution of test.pl aborted due to compilation errors

ohh wise monks can you help?

Title edit by tye

In reply to problem opening and reading from a file by Anonymous Monk

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