note marlowe <CODE>try this. #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $output_file = "out.txt"; my $user_input = ""; my $quit_code = "quit\n"; open(OUTPUT, ">$output_file) || die "Unable to open $output_file for writing: $!\n"; while ($user_input ne $quit_code) { print "Enter some text: "; $user_input = <STDIN>; print OUTPUT $user_input; } close(OUTPUT) || die "Unable to close $output_file: $!\n; </CODE> 960 95793