Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\user>perl perl_tests/red1.pl Scalar found where operator expected at perl_tests/red1.pl line 12, near "$x = " $1" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 7) (Missing operator before $1?) String found where operator expected at perl_tests/red1.pl line 12, near "$y = " " (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Scalar found where operator expected at perl_tests/red1.pl line 12, near "$y $x" (Missing operator before $x?) String found where operator expected at perl_tests/red1.pl line 12, near "open(O UT, "" (Missing semicolon on previous line?) String found where operator expected at perl_tests/red1.pl line 15, near "open(O UT, "">C:/Users/user/perl_tests/reddittest.txt"" Can't modify numeric lt (<) in scalar assignment at perl_tests/red1.pl line 12, near "$x = "$1" syntax error at perl_tests/red1.pl line 12, near "$x = "$1" Execution of perl_tests/red1.pl aborted due to compilation errors.