Re^2: Error opening a file

It's a very big program,I am trying my best not to confuse you guys by asking short questions. I have a "Datascript.exe",am running that script and saving it in "$Datafile" variable,after saving $Datafile has 100's of lines but now I want to parse each line using a while loop(any loop for that matter) and am running into the errors mentioned.What is the best way I can parse eachline in $Datafile?Please suggest

$Datafile =`Datascript -p=$perl_file`;
open $file, '<', $Datafile or die "could not open '$file' $!"; 
while ( my $match = <$file> ) { 

}
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Re^3: Error opening a file by Anonymous Monk on Dec 03, 2010 at 08:53 UTC
You're not trying to open $file, you're trying to open $Datafile $Datafile is not a file only 2 argument open can executes programs, see perlipc Its easier to use one of IPC::System::Simple/IPC::Open2/IPC::Open3...	[reply]
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Re^3: Error opening a file by jffry (Hermit) on Dec 09, 2010 at 18:33 UTC
Run this: use strict; use warnings; my $perl_file = WHATEVER_VALUE_THIS_IS_SUPPOSED_TO_BE; my $Datafile = `Datascript -p=$perl_file`; print "Datafile = $Datafile\n"; [download] Is `$Datafile` what you expect? That is, is it the name of the file you expect to open? EDIT: Added `$perl_file =` line.	[reply] [d/l]