how to get the .inc file content visible in web through perl script

[khoont]

Hi,
i m trying to display html stuff through perlscript through simple print statement..now the html has some of like
following statement...init

<!-- header include -->
<!--#include virtual=&quot;../mait/includes/hd_default_ma.inc&quot;-->

..now when i trie to run that script ..it runs okay but doesnt display the content of hd_default_ma.inc file...
the hd_default file has contents of some more html.

does anyone knows how to do that...
thanks