Backslash found where operator expected at rum_rem_perll.pl line 7, near "$remoteuser\" (Missing operator before \?) Scalar found where operator expected at rum_rem_perll.pl line 7, near "/users/$remoteuser" (Missing operator before $remoteuser?) String found where operator expected at rum_rem_perll.pl line 11, near "print "" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 7) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Scalar found where operator expected at rum_rem_perll.pl line 11, near "print "$result" (Do you need to predeclare print?) Backslash found where operator expected at rum_rem_perll.pl line 11, near "$result\" (Missing operator before \?) String found where operator expected at rum_rem_perll.pl line 12, near "system('ssh', "" (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 11) (Missing semicolon on previous line?) Scalar found where operator expected at rum_rem_perll.pl line 12, near "system('ssh', "$remoteuser" Backslash found where operator expected at rum_rem_perll.pl line 12, near "$remoteuser\" (Missing operator before \?) String found where operator expected at rum_rem_perll.pl line 12, at end of line (Missing semicolon on previous line?) syntax error at rum_rem_perll.pl line 7, near "$remoteuser\" Can't find string terminator '"' anywhere before EOF at rum_rem_perll.pl line 12.