Re^6: hash to count words

[AnomalousMonk]

in reply to Re^5: hash to count words
in thread hash to count words

Now that I have that under control...

If 'that' refers to the lack code tags in your OP, the situation is still out of control. A  <code> tag is closed by a  </code> tag, not by a  </c> tag. Please see Markup in the Monastery. Please check the effects of your changes.

Printing to a file usually involves supplying an output file handle (see open) to the print statement. E.g.:
    my $filename = 'file.name';
    open my $fh_out, '>', $filename or die "opening '$filename': $!";
    my $something_to_output_to_file = your_process();
    print $fh_out "here is something for the file \n";
    print $fh_out $something_to_output_to_file;
    print $fh_out "that's all, folks! \n";
    close $fh_out or die "closing '$filename': $!";

Please consider re-reading the answers you have been given in this and related threads. Please consider using lexical filehandles (as in the example given above). See also autodie.