Use

my $cmd = qq{$^X -w "ccrep.pl" $file};
system $cmd == 0
    or die "Couldn't launch [$cmd]: $! / $^E";
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Your file associations are set up in a way that your shell will launch a text editor opening the file instead of perl running the file. Ask your system administrator how to change this situation if you really want this changed.

Update: Fixed syntactically wrong quotes, spotted by Your Mother. Thanks!