You said:

"In the above script i am splitting the server name like this my ($hostname) = split /\./, $NODE;"

But in the new script, you don't assign $hostname the same way:

$hostname = split /\./, $NODE;

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You need to put parens () around $hostname like you have in the first script. From perldoc -f split:

"Splits the string EXPR into a list of strings and returns the list in list context, or the size of the list in scalar context."

Which means that using a scalar instead of a list on the left-hand side, it'll return the number of items returned from the split. ($hostname) is retrieving in list context, whereas $hostname is looking for the scalar return.

Also, you're still not properly indenting. I highly recommend spending the few minutes it would take to go through the entire script and indent it consistently.

In reply to Re: Different behaviours in the similar scripts by stevieb
in thread Different behaviours in the similar scripts by shroh

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