my $pfaminput_filename ='D:/ARP/Downloads/Trembl/toxinpospf.txt'; # Double fwd-slash is not necessary open (my $pfaminput_filehandle , "<" , $pfaminput_filename ) or die "Can't open '$pfaminput_filename' : Error is : $!"; while (my $pfam = <$pfaminput_filehandle>){ print $pfam; } close $pfaminput_filehandle;