1. You are missing ";" Type `egrep $name testing.txt`; And not 'egrep $name testing.txt'
Not the backticks and not quotes ... HTH, José. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Jastram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Use Strict Error When I use the following portion of Perl code: __________________________________________________ #!/usr/bin/perl # use with: # perl IfThenElse tfcfam (Use all of this at the command line!) use strict; use warnings; print "Search by name: "; my $name = <STDIN>; 'egrep $name testing.txt' #my(@col1, @col2, @col3); my @col1; my @col2; my @col3; my $col = 1; my ($find); __________________________________________________ I get the following error: syntax error at trashthistest2 line 17, near "my " Global symbol "@col1" requires explicit package name at trashthistest2 line 17. Global symbol"@col1" requires explicit package name at trashthistest2 line 40. Global symbol "@col1" requires explicit package name at trashthistest2 line 53. Global symbol "@col1" requires explicit package name at trashthistest2 line 59. Global symbol "@col1" requires explicit package name at trashthistest2 line 81. Execution of trashthistest2 aborted due to compilation errors. __________________________________________________ If I have declared my @col1 at line 17, why am I getting these errors? Thanks for any assitance you can offer. Bill J. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> **** DISCLAIMER **** "This e-mail and any attachment thereto may contain information which is confidential and/or protected by intellectual property rights and are intended for the sole use of the recipient(s) named above. Any use of the information contained herein (including, but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution in any form) by other persons than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender either by telephone or by e-mail and delete the material from any computer". Thank you for your cooperation. For further information about Proximus mobile phone services please see our website at http://www.proximus.be or refer to any Proximus agent. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>