I think I have figured this out, however, I have an additional issue directly related. I want to load a Windows module only if the $^O returns MSWIN32. I know to use the construct "use if (condition,module)" however, I cant seem to figure the syntax out for "Term::ANSIColor qw(:constants)". Any assistance is appreciated 
use if $^O eq "WINMS32", Term::ANSIColor qw(:constants);

produces:
syntax error at C:\temp\gethost3.pl line 4, near "Term::ANSIColor qw(:
+constants)"
Execution of C:\temp\gethost3.pl aborted due to compilation errors.



Windows
#!/usr/bin/perl

use Win32::Console::ANSI;
use Term::ANSIColor qw(:constants);
$SUCCESS=GREEN;
$NORMAL=RESET;
$RESULT="THIS IS THE RESULT LINE";
$line=sprintf("%s%s%s\n",$SUCCESS.$RESULT.$NORMAL);
print $line;

Unix
!/usr/bin/perl

$FAILURE=`echo -en "\\033[1;31m"`;
$SUCCESS=`echo -en "\\033[1;32m"`;
$NORMAL=`echo -en "\\033[0;39m"`;
$RESULT="Test Line Test Line Test Line Test Line Test Line Test Line T
+est Line Test Line ";
$line=sprintf("%s%s%s\n",$SUCCESS.$RESULT.$NORMAL);
print $line;
$line=sprintf("%s%s%s\n",$FAILURE.$RESULT.$NORMAL);
print $line;

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