try {
  FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(myFile);                                                                                
  DataInputStream input  = new DataInputStream(stream);                                                                                

  while (input.available() != 0) {
    System.out.println (input.readLine());
  }                                                                                
  input.close();
}
catch (Exception e) {
    System.err.println("Could not read from file");
}

##</code><code>##

open INPUT, "<", $input or die "Cannot open ($input) for reading: $!";
print <INPUT>;
close INPUT or die "Could not close $input: $!";