PROGRAM: FOO.PL:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use autodie;
use diagnostics;

use strict;
use warnings;

use 5.010;

my @array = ('a', 'b', 'v', 'h', 'j');

print "@array\n";
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OUTPUT:

a b v h j

PROGRAM: BAR.PL:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use autodie;
use diagnostics;

use strict;
use warnings;

use 5.010;

###########################################
# read word list (csw.txt contains all the 
# valid words from the CSW scrabble word list)
open my $fh, '<', 'csw.txt' or die $!;
chomp (my @words = <$fh>);
close $fh;

print "@words\n";
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OUTPUT:
If I execute it from the CLI like ./BAR.PL output is: ZZZSYVASSLYSLUS
it like all the words are printed the same place without any newlines.

If I execute it from the CLI like

./BAR.PL &> output

output contains: AA AAH AAHED AAHING AAHS AAL DELETIA ZYTHUMS ZYZZYVA ZYZZYVAS ZZZ ZZZS

I'm at a loss to explain what it going on.

PS: BTW. I'm ofcourse not trying to cheat at scrabble. I just like challenge. :) Regards, sbrothy

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