Hi guys I am trying to create a code which checks if the file exists and if it does not, it will glob all the files in the directory and it will append that information to the file that the user specified in the beginning of the script. I have tried many times but the code is not creating a new file and appending the globbed information into it. Please help me figure out my mistakes and give me some pointers.

Here is my code so far: 

#!/usr/bin/perl


$file = '/home/user/dir';

print "Enter filename to search\n";
chomp ($file = <STDIN>);


if (-e $file)
{
        die "File already Exists!\n";
}
unless (-e $file)
{
        @appfiles = glob "*";
        open(@appfiles, '>>/home/user/dir');
        print "List of all the files in the directory:\n";
        print "@appfiles\n";

}
close(@appfiles);

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Thanks for any help in advance

In reply to Need help appending to a user defined file by akshay34

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