#!/usr/bin/perl -w< use strict;
# use the -w and "use strict" # to check more on your errors # usefull thing for rookies my $content = "some content"; # here asuming that the file is in the same folder my $filename = "file_name.file_extention"; # i like the while loop better..... my $stopper = 0; # loop until $stopper equal 10 # opening the file for overwrite or die # print new data # close file # incress $stopper value by one while ($stopper < 10) { open yourfile, ">$filename" or die "\t cant open file"; print yourfile "$content"; close yourfile; $stopper++; } # done # if u relly want to use do until # replace my while loop from { to } by .. do { open yourfile, ">$filename" or die "\t cant open file"; print yourfile "$content"; close yourfile; $stopper++; } until ($stopper == 10) # # but a question is in my mind why the *~@ u wanna # overwrite a file 10 times ?????? # anyway hope i helped u a little