Perl: unable to use "select" with filehandle

[nehaz]

i wanted to open a file using perl and the output of print cmd to be added in that file. can i do it using perl ?

what if i use following the following ".pl " file.
[CODE=perl]open CONFIG, ">HELLO.txt ";
select CONFIG;
print "suceeded";[/CODE]
when i execute the above file, i get compilation error.
Can anybody tell me wht is the error in this script.

[KevinADC]

i wanted to open a file using perl and the output of print cmd to be added in that file. can i do it using perl ?

what if i use following the following ".pl " file.
[CODE=perl]open CONFIG, ">HELLO.txt ";
select CONFIG;
print "suceeded";[/CODE]
when i execute the above file, i get compilation error.
Can anybody tell me wht is the error in this script.

is that all of the code? There is no error in the code above. Do you need to include the shebang line?