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It prints to STDERR, just like die does.

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Re^4: how to prevent open from dying
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 30, 2006 at 19:48 UTC
    He meant the code then proceeds to use an unopened handle if you have warn without next. Of course, that doesn't matter *if* the remaining code consists of while (<INFILE>) { ... }.
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