C:\>perl -MO=Deparse,-p #!usr/bin/env perl open (test, "@ARGV"); while () { $_ =~ ; chomp; s/(th)/TH/gi; print "$_\n"; } close (test); ^Z open(test, "@ARGV"); while (defined(($_ = ))) { ($_ =~ ); chomp($_); s/(th)/TH/gi; print("$_\n"); } close(test); - syntax OK