hello, i have this code but when i run this is gives me the following errors can any one tell me why this error is there
Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at 5.pl line 11, <STDIN> line 1
. Unsuccessful stat on filename containing newline at 5.pl line 26, <STDIN> line 1
 use strict;
       use warnings;
       use POSIX qw(strftime);
       print ("enter file name");

     my $filename =<STDIN>;
     print $filename;


    if(-d $filename)

    {
     warn "File is direcrtory\n";

     $filename = strftime "foo.%Y%m%d-%H%M%S.txt", localtime;
     print "A good filename could be '$filename'";
    }
    else
    {
    print "File is not a directory";
     #Check if file is already existing #
       if(-e $filename)

    #Overwriting an already existing file #
        {
           open(NEWFH,">$filename") || die "$filename: $!";
        }
    }

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