$ perl -wle 'my $i; print $i' Use of uninitialized value in print at -e line 1. $ perl -wle 'my $i; $i += $i' Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at -e line 1. $ perl -wle 'my $i; if ($i>0) {}' Use of uninitialized value in numeric gt (>) at -e line 1.