Allright. I have a file called tax.txt on C:\Users\rak\Desktop\tax.txt this is the code: #!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use File::Path; use File::Basename; print"enter the path\n"; my $ans=<STDIN>;#$ans=C:\Users\rak\Desktop\tax.txt chomp($ans); my $path= dirname($ans);#I dont have to use this I know.I am just checking here. my $file= basename($ans);#I dont have to use this I know. $ans=~ s/\\/\//gi;#All my file open statements worked well #with c:/bla/bla instead of c:\bla\bla; print $ans; #to make sure that I am replacing all "\" with "/"; open(FH,"<$ans") or die $!; @lines=<FH>; print "\n@lines-bla\n";#bla is to check the print statement:Just prints bla there,not printing file contents; Here is the output: enter the path C:\Users\rak\Desktop\tax.txt No such file or directory at C:\Users\rak\Desktop\cool.pl line 18, <STDIN> line 1. Where i am going wrong? tried without replacing \ with/ same error. I HAVE tax.txt EXISTING ON MY DESKTOP.

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