Also, please, for your own sake, add a die clause to your open line : open FILE, "user/test" || die "Can't open file! Perl says '$!'".

Better make it 

open FILE, "user/test" or die "Can't open file! Perl says '$!'";
  or 
open (FILE, "user/test") or die "Can't open file! Perl says '$!'";
  or
open (FILE, "user/test") || die "Can't open file! Perl says '$!'";

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This is probably one of the most commonly committed Perl coding errors, made by novices and the reasonably adept alike. In the case of
open FILE, "filename" || die $!;  #ERROR - DON'T USE THIS the || version of 'or' tries to evaluate the thing immediately to its left, which is the the filename argument, "filename". Since that string always evaluates to true (in the boolean sense), the die will NEVER be executed, even if the  open fails. The or operator has a lower precedence than ||, so it can be used without parenthesis. I suggest using or for short-circuit error checks. Providing the args to open & die are correct, it will always do the right thing.

In reply to Re: (boo) debug-fu! by virtualsue
in thread same 500 server error problem shorter question by Anonymous Monk

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