in reply to Re: how do I write directly to a filein thread how do I write directly to a file
To make that clear, because of operator precedence it's either
open(FH,"filename") || die "somehow"; open(FH,"filename") or die "somehow"; # equivalent [download]
as davorg put it, or if you leave out the brackets for open you have to use or:
open FH, "filename" or die "somehow"; [download]