contents of file(file.txt) to read.Read it vertically

apple snake cow dog 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
open(FH,'<','file.txt') or die "File is not there $!\n";
my $count=1;
while(<FH>)
{
             print $count++;
             print ":$_";
}

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output: 1:apple 2:snake 3:cow 4:dog

Output is as expected but my question is before apple why is it printing 1.I initialized count to 1 and entered the while loop and before printing content(at least the first one) there is count++ which it has to make it start from 2.I would like to know where i am making wrong assumption.Thanks

In reply to Question on Reading a file inside while and counting no.of lines by vyeddula

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