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

In reply to Re: Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix by stevieb
in thread Perl Script in Windows Works, but not in Unix by dobster936

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