open(FIL,">>$myfil") || die "No open for ct tot: $! \n";
if($ct == 1)
{
        print FIL "\n$ct is down at this time.\n";
}
elsif($ct >= 2)
{
        print FIL "\n$ct are not available at this time.\n";
}
system("mailx -s 'Mail header' myemail < $myfil");
close(FIL);
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That should function the same without repeating the opening, mailing, closeing.

Notice: At the time I was writeing this response frankus was writeing it too and beat me to submiting, heh. sorry for repeating.
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($good, $bad, $ugly) = split(/,/, "vi,emacs,teco")