If he didn't post something to that effect then I would have done it myself. It's not that this problem is below us, it's that it is a very simple problem to solve. Another thing is that your code was thrown together without any test runs. How do I know?

Global symbol "@file" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl line
+ 6.
Global symbol "%file" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl line
+ 7.
syntax error at prob58.pl line 7, near "$file {"
Global symbol "$file" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl line
+ 8.
Global symbol "@account" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl l
+ine 9.
Global symbol "%account" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl l
+ine 11.
syntax error at prob58.pl line 11, near "$account {"
Global symbol "$fullname" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl 
+line 12.
Global symbol "$username" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl 
+line 12.
Global symbol "$mothers" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl l
+ine 12.
Global symbol "$email" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl lin
+e 12.
Global symbol "$referral" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl 
+line 12.
Global symbol "$ip" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl line 1
+2.
Global symbol "$account" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl l
+ine 12.
Global symbol "$fullname" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl 
+line 14.
Global symbol "$username" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl 
+line 14.
Global symbol "$mothers" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl l
+ine 14.
Global symbol "$email" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl lin
+e 14.
Global symbol "$referral" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl 
+line 14.
Global symbol "$ip" requires explicit package name at prob58.pl line 1
+4.
syntax error at prob58.pl line 16, near "}"
prob58.pl has too many errors.
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Turn off strict, still no go:

syntax error at prob58.pl line 7, near "$file {"
syntax error at prob58.pl line 11, near "$account {"
syntax error at prob58.pl line 16, near "}"
Execution of prob58.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
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The problems with your code are as follows:

• To get past the barrage of "Global symbol..." errors you need to use my.
• The proper syntax for foreach is as follows: foreach [[my ] $var] (list)
• Don't know the proper syntax for something? Check it out at http://www.perldoc.com or use the perldoc command.
• You shouldn't use the backtick operators when you have something already built into perl for getting the same information. Check out opendir, readdir, and closedir for some options. Also, take a look at File::Find for another option.

I don't know about the other monks, but I am offended when someone asks me for help and then throws what could at best be described as perl-esque pseudocode. Seek help for the wisdom, don't seek help for the answer.

antirice    
The first rule of Perl club is - use Perl
The ith rule of Perl club is - follow rule i - 1 for i > 1

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