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Perl Script unable to open text file

Posted by ranky on 2008-07-20 02:13
Forums: Perl discussion | OS: Windows XP Pro

Hi All,

I am new to Perl with a problem but no solution. I wanted to create a perl script that only opens a text file and search for a particular word. Unfortunately, the script cannot open the text file. It returns the following error message:

No such file or directory.

The text file "test.txt" und perl script are in the same folder. I am using Apache Friends.

Here is the script:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $file_to_open =      "test.txt";

open (FILE, "< $file_to_open")
or die "File cannot open! $!\n";

my $text;

undef $/; $text = <FILE>;

while ($text =~m/African/g) {
        print "The word African is found.\n";
}
close (FILE);

TEXT FILE:

African african African Dating - Pride and Ambition
It is no secret that African culture is known for its pride.
Most Africans do not have a problem standing up for their beliefs and

WORD TO FIND:

African

Please any idea on how to resolve this problem?

Thanks

Ranky