This is really embarrassing. I have just read some of your questions and you people are way out of my league! Hey, I don't even know what the word 'geek' means! Still we all have to start somewhere! I'v just tried my first script for my first page and, surprise surprise, it doesn't work. Could someone take the time to look at it and show me where I am going wrong (or if there's anywhere I'm going right). By the way don't worry about the French/English mix - I live in France and am learning this in French, but write my commentaries in English 'cos I'm lazy! 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
# A visit counter
######################################
# Definition of variables
# fichierhtml is the file in which the visits are counted
# fichiernombre saves the visits
###########################################
$ fichiernombre = "/cgi-bin/compteleshits";
###########################################
#First stage : open the file containing the hits to read
open(hits,"$fichiernombre");
# Second stage : read the visits and save them in a
# new variable
$visites=(hits);
#Third stage : close the file containing the hits
close $fichiernombre
#Fourth stage : open the file containing the hits for writing
open(hits,">$fichiernombre ");
#Fifth stage : increase by 1 the variables which contain
#the visits made and rewrite them in fichiernombre
print hits ++ $visites;
#Sixth stage : close the file containing the visits
close %

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