oops, ok, I'll change the variable back to the correct name.
UPDATE: I changed my $MachineInfo = $Result{$Machine}; back to $Results, with the ahem, result that $MachineInfo remains undef for the duration of the script. I can't see where $Results is defined...

And yes, you're right about just *doing* some test scripts, Grygonos, but I was really just hoping to get this particular script running out of the box for a task I need to do nearly every day...

I'll definitely check out the perldoc