..but.. what are you asking about? to have the best from perlmonks you must learn to show some effort, asking clear questions with more information as you can: see How do I post a question effectively? and How (Not) To Ask A Question.

If you have code or commandline question see Short, Self-Contained, Correct Example

At glance it seems you have a problem calling Perl: in Linux like environments perl is called or via shebang #!/path/to/perl at the top of the script, or directly in bash like perl /path/to/script.pl

What I see is bash complaing the use command is not found. use is Perl stuff. To use module in the command line, let's say a perl oneliner you: perl -MModule::To::Use  -e '..oneliner..'

PS cross posting it is not prohibited here at BUT it is considered polite to mention that your question is a crosspost. Be kind if you want kind replies!

Anyway, is your first post; many things to learn! welcome!

L*

Could you give us enough information to reproduce the issue, like what the top of your script looks like and how you're running it? See also SSCCE and How do I post a question effectively?

Just a guess: Does your script start with #!/usr/bin/perl or similar, or not? Are you running your script via perl scriptname.pl, ./scriptname.pl, or maybe even . scriptname.pl?

This is a module - not a script I am using Darwin 5.18.

Are you trying to run your module?

That's not how modules work.

Maybe show us what you are actually doing?

G'day KW7,

Welcome to the Monastery.

I can replicate your output exactly, on the same platform, using the same Perl version:

$ perl -v | head -2 | tail -1
This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 0 (v5.18.0) built for darwin-th
+read-multi-2level
$ use whatever
-bash: use: command not found
$
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Now you need to do the same thing, showing us how you generate this output.

Show us exactly what you're typing at the command line, and exactly what output you're getting back. Post this within <code>...</code> tags.

Do not post vague, prosaic descriptions of what you're doing or what you're getting back. We need to see this verbatim.

Do not just mention some unspecified CPAN source. Provide a link. See "What shortcuts can I use for linking to other information?" if you don't know how to do that.

Do follow the links already provided ("How do I post a question effectively?" and "Short, Self-Contained, Correct Example"). Read their contents and follow the guidelines therein.

We're happy to help; you need to provide us with the information to do so.

(which is a very "peculiar" name for a module, because we have a built-in called use )

* SYNOPSIS

# Use several modules in command line:
% perl -Muse=CGI,DBI,PPI -e '...'
 
# Import several modules at once
use use qw[ strict warnings methods invoker ];
 
# Pass options as array refs
use use 'strict', 'warnings', 'HTTP::Status' => [':constants'];
 
# Pass required versions after module names
use use '5.12.0', 'HTTP::Status' => '6.00' => [':constants'];
 
# ...or in your own module, importing on behalf of its caller:
package MY::Macro;
sub import {
    use use;
    local @_ = qw[ Module1 Module2 ];
    goto &use::use;
}
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please learn how to use <code>..</code> tags next time °

Questions:

• did you already install that module?
• what is the result of perldoc use
• what is the result of perldoc -l use

°) for more tips, please see

Just show the module and the script. Regards, Karl