Ok, for starters, you should always post any updates in the original thread.

Secondly, we urged you to use strict and use warnings or the -w switch.

Also, try using the OO-type interface for setting up filehandles and see if this gives you any joy :

my $fh = FileHandle->new(">$file");
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Update: Duh, once again I can't see the woods for the trees. Thanks davorg for pointing this out :)

Update #2 : As a pitiful attempt to save face, I would suggest using which perl command as opposed to perl -v, to ensure your shebang contains the correct path to your perl. (Maybe that will stop the downvotes :P)

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