bash-2.05a$ perl dbmopen(%DBM,"someDBM",undef) or die "$!\n"; print $DBM{subject},"\n"; Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/DB_File.pm line 262. Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/DB_File.pm line 262.