Cannot figure this out. I've got one machine where a script works, and one where it doesn't. The Tie::File module is indeed installed on both machines. 

#/usr/bin/perl
#
use strict;
use warnings;

my $file = "file.txt";
my @lines;

tie @lines, 'Tie::File', $file || die $!;
open ( IN, "$file" ) || die "can't read file $!";

#See if tie worked
foreach ( @lines ) {
    print "$_\n";    # prints nothing
}

print "$#lines\n";     # prints -1

while ( <IN> ) {
    print "$_\n";    #prints out each line
}

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So, I know the file is there, and that it's readable. I even tried Tie::File in another smaller, simpler script and it worked fine, so I know the module works. It works on 2 other machines I've tried it on. So... I'm stuck pulling my hair out.

Any help is appreciated.

In reply to Tie::File is sucking the life out of me by GaijinPunch

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