I noticed that you defined a subroutine within the while(){}. This probably doesn't do what you think that it does. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

foreach (1..3)
{
   printx2 ($_);
   sub printx2
   {
      my $num = shift;
      print $num *2,"\n";
   }  
}

# printx2() works here also!

printx2 (32);

# the above did NOT make a "private sub" to
# the foreach statement. A subroutine name 
# has package scope.
__END__
Prints:
2
4
6
64

Move sub printx2() out of the curly braces.
This reduces the amount of indenting. 
The meaning doesn't change.

foreach (1..3)
{
   printx2 ($_);
}

printx2 (32);

sub printx2
{
    my $num = shift;
    print $num *2,"\n";
}

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In reply to Re: Need assistance updating text files with Perl by Marshall
in thread Need assistance updating text files with Perl by MikeDexter

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