in reply to using -w breaks simple script

No idea, but did you try the following?
/opt/bin/perl -we 'print "test\n";'
PS> that works fine with 5.00404 on a Blade 100 with Solaris 9

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Re: Re: using -w breaks simple script
by Theo (Priest) on Oct 15, 2003 at 20:16 UTC
    That works, belg4mit. Any other ideas???

    -theo-
    (so many nodes and so little time ... )
    Note: All opinions are untested, unless otherwise stated

      Well there's always the arcane -d, though I don't see it helping much in this case. And as this is 5.4 you don't have diagnostics at your disposal, so nope :-/

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      I'm not belgian but I play one on TV.