or die "Can't open $filename!";
Get more information on why the open failed by printing $! 
or die "Can't open $filename $!";

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Perhaps the file doesn't exist or you don't have permissions to open it.
I much rather have the user enter the path at the terminal. How would I do this?
You could prompt the user like this: 
use strict;
use warnings;

use File::stat;
# Declare variables
my $filename;
my $FILE_HANDLE;
my $file_stat;
my $current_time;
my $diff_seconds;
print "enter a file:\n";
$filename = <STDIN>;
chomp $filename;
# Open the file
open ($FILE_HANDLE, $filename)
or die "Can't open $filename: $!";

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Or, pass it in on the command line, then use shift: 

use strict;
use warnings;

use File::stat;
# Declare variables
my $filename;
my $FILE_HANDLE;
my $file_stat;
my $current_time;
my $diff_seconds;
$filename = shift;
# Open the file
open ($FILE_HANDLE, $filename)
or die "Can't open $filename: $!";

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In reply to Re: Error executing by toolic
in thread Error executing by Nathan_84

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