Here's a problem (not the only problem, but probably
the one you were looking for):
$/="astat.gz";$k=0 ## About line 84
Hrmmm...what is that doing there? $/ is the "Input
Record Separator" and 9 times out of 10, the only
thing you want to do to it is to undefine it (or set
it to null). Basically, instead of separating any
files read in after this by newlines, it separates
it by the string "astat.gz" This is your problem -
since the string "astat.gz" was not found in the file,
it was read in a one long line. Quick fix: don't
mess with $/.
