A bit off topic:

shmem [qwurx] ~ > perl -wle 'my $f = "X"; open my $fh, $f'
shmem [qwurx] ~ >
[download]

Nothing. Hmm...

shmem [qwurx] ~ > perl -wle 'my $f = "X"; open my $fh, $f;'
Parentheses missing around "my" list at -e line 1.
shmem [qwurx] ~ >
[download]

Heh...

:-)