Re: Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix

Add:

use strict;
use warnings;
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To the top of the file, then add in some print statements so see what's going on. After I add strict and warnings, look at the problems... particularly, note the last one... you're missing a closing curly brace (actually two, but after you fix one, strict will cough again).

$ ./scr.pl 
Global symbol "$dirtoget" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl l
+ine 10.
Global symbol "$dirwrite" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl l
+ine 11.
Global symbol "$dirtoget" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl l
+ine 12.
Global symbol "@thefiles" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl l
+ine 13.
Global symbol "$f" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 15.
Global symbol "@thefiles" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl l
+ine 15.
Global symbol "$f" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 17.
Global symbol "$f" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 17.
Global symbol "$fr" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 19
+.
Global symbol "$dirtoget" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl l
+ine 19.
Global symbol "$f" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 19.
Global symbol "$fr" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 20
+.
Global symbol "$f" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 21.
Global symbol "$fw" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 22
+.
Global symbol "$dirwrite" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl l
+ine 22.
Global symbol "$f" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 22.
Global symbol "$fw" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 24
+.
Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 26.
Global symbol "$line" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 
+27.
Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 27.
Global symbol "$line" requires explicit package name at ./scr.pl line 
+27.
Missing right curly or square bracket at ./scr.pl line 28, at end of l
+ine
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-stevieb

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Re^2: Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix by dobster936 (Novice) on Jun 26, 2015 at 18:59 UTC
I did not post the full script. If you're interested: Read more... (14 kB)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix by stevieb (Canon) on Jun 26, 2015 at 19:01 UTC
Still, without `strict` and `warnings`, few people will pour through your code trying to figure out if a variable is getting clobbered where it shouldn't be or something along those lines. It's very difficult to troubleshoot code that way, and it's very inefficient.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix by dobster936 (Novice) on Jun 26, 2015 at 19:03 UTC
Right, I'm just saying it is possible you got those errors because you did not use strict and warnings on the full code. I just added those 2 lines and nothing changed in the output. So I think the errors you got are just due to have only a part of the code.	[reply]
Re^5: Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix by marinersk (Priest) on Jun 26, 2015 at 19:26 UTC
Re^6: Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix by dobster936 (Novice) on Jun 26, 2015 at 19:50 UTC
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Re^6: Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix by marinersk (Priest) on Jun 26, 2015 at 19:31 UTC
Re^5: Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix by stevieb (Canon) on Jun 26, 2015 at 19:35 UTC
Re^3: Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix by marinersk (Priest) on Jun 26, 2015 at 19:03 UTC
Now might be a good time to introduce you to the `<readmore>`and `</readmore>`tags.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix by marinersk (Priest) on Jun 26, 2015 at 21:07 UTC
Nicely done with those `<readmore></readmore>`tags. `:-)`	[reply] [d/l] [select]