print "Please enter your name:\n";
chomp( $name = <> );
$x = ucfirst $name;
print $x;

##</code><code>##

# The \u metacharacter acts only upon the first character.
# No need for substr.
$x = "\u$name";

##</code><code>##

# Assuming Perl 5.14+
$x = $name =~ s/^(.)/\u$1/r;

##</code><code>##

$x = $name;
$x =~ s/^(.)/\u$1/;