#/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
#much other stuff....
#initializations etc....
foreach $file (@list_of_filenames){
    open(THISFILE,'< $file') or warn "ERROR: Can't open $file!\n";#for
+ this application fail to open is not fatal..
    binmode(THISFILE);
    $data = Digest::MD5->new->addfile(*THISFILE)->hexdigest;
    return unless ($data);
    #...process $data.....
}
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Gee, why does every file have the same digest?....
Maybe because open tries to open a file NAMED: " < $file " ?
I keep tripping on the q() vs qq() vs qw() vs qx()
differences....

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