#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use diagnostics; for (); my $a=$_; substr($a,-7)=" "; print $a; #### Can't use string ("/home/www/xyz/logs/weekly") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at lr15.pl line 16 (#1) (F) Only hard references are allowed by "strict refs". Symbolic references are disallowed. See perlref. Uncaught exception from user code: Can't use string ("/home/www/xyz/logs/weekly") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at lr15.pl line 16.