Thanks for the answer Chris! Now my question is how do I find out if it is actually on my machine! I don't want to have to download anything because I am writing this script on one machine and then I am going to send it to another to be used. perl -v yields:
This is perl, v5.8.1-RC3 built for darwin-thread-multi-2level (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) I am using Darwin on Mac OS X. ===== "I'm the last person to pretend that I'm a radio. I'd rather go out and be a color television set." -David Bowie "Who dares wins" -British military motto "The freak is the norm." - "The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Hoffman" by Angela Carter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>