#! c:/perl/bin/perl.exe -w
#
#########################

use strict;

#print "Content-Type:text/plain\n\n";

print <<"END";
A	B	C
DE	F
END^Z

If you have the above simple script file you won't get it run! Instead, you will get error:

Can't find string terminator "END" anywhere before EOF at C:\Perl\eg\test.pl line 9.

Why? Note that the file ends immediately after the last word 'END'. There is NO new line after it!

But, if you add a new line after 'END', the script runs well. That is:

#! c:/perl/bin/perl.exe -w
#
#########################

use strict;

#print "Content-Type:text/plain\n\n";

print <<"END";
A	B	C
DE	F
END
^Z