c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my $str = '8.8.8.8'; my $x = ('vmware.com'.\". 86400 ANY\" +$str); print $x; " Argument "8.8.8.8" isn't numeric in addition (+) at -e line 1. Argument "vmware.com. 86400 ANY" isn't numeric in addition (+) at -e line 1. 8.8