#!usr/bin/perl
# Fig. 10.6: fig10_06.pl
# program to work with files

use strict;
use warnings;

print "Opening file for output:\n";
open OUTFILE, ">file.txt" or die "Can't find file.txt : $!";
print "Outputting to file.\n";
print OUTFILE "There was an old lady\n";
close OUTFILE or die "Can not close file.txt : $!";

print "It now reads:\n";
open INFILE, "file.txt" or die "Can not open file.txt : $!";
print while (<INFILE>);
close INFILE or die "Can not close file.txt : $!";

print "\nLet us append to the end of the file:\n";
open OUTFILE, ">>file.txt" or die "Can not open file.txt : $!";
print OUTFILE "who lived in a shoe.\n";
close OUTFILE or die "Can not close file.txt : $!";

print "It now reads:\n";
open INFILE, "file.txt" or die "Can not open file.txt : $!";
print while (<INFILE>);
close INFILE or die "Can not close file.txt : $!";

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