Hi Kaushal -w is to enable warning messages.
Try running the following code to see the difference with and w/o -w. x.pl --------------------- $str=a+2; print $str,"\n"; --------------------- $ perl x.pl 2 ==== $ perl -w x.pl Unquoted string "a" may clash with future reserved word at p2.pl line 3. Argument "a" isn't numeric in addition (+) at p2.pl line 3. 2 Thanks Prasanna -----Original Message----- From: Kaushal Shriyan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 5:48 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Query Hi All #!/usr/bin/perl -w whats -w flag stands for and what is its use, I mean How do i use it and any other flags are also there, Please specify Thanks Kaushal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>