in reply to Re^2: Read first line from each file in a directory
in thread Read first line from each file in a directory

I doubt that. As choroba stated, you are actually trying to open a file named $file.

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Re^4: Read first line from each file in a directory
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 16, 2011 at 16:40 UTC

    I tried it without quotations, and it adds a new warning: "readline() on closed filehandle WRITE"

    and I did check opendir and readdir, they both work. Also, I'm not working in the root folder by accident

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