It does here. Update: No, it doesn't. My mistake; I completely missed seeing the single and double quotes at the end of the input data (props to Enlil). Sorry :(
Suggestions:
Check to see if you are opening the file properly: use the or die "Useful message here: $?" idiom
Your chunk above doesn't print anything or do anything with @list -- is it just a case of not really looking at your variables?