Create a file in a directory using Perl

createfile, perl

Solution

my $existingdir = './mydirectory';
mkdir $existingdir unless -d $existingdir; # Check if dir exists. If not create it.
open my $fileHandle, ">>", "$existingdir/filetocreate.txt" or die "Can't open '$existingdir/filetocreate.txt'\n";
print $fileHandle "FooBar!\n";
close $fileHandle;

This should work for you.

Problem

How can I create a new file, in which I intend to write in a existing directory using open() in Perl? I tried like this: ``` my $existingdir = './mydirectory'; open my $fileHandle, ">>", "$existingdir/filetocreate.txt" or die "Can't open '$existingdir/filetocreate.txt'\n"; ``` But it won't work.

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