I'm writing this perl script, and when I compile it, i get an error that stats, "global symbol "$currentLine" requires explicit package name at ./filehandlers1.pl line 6." Another error is the same, except instead of "$currentLine", it is "$name". the program reads:. 
!/usr/local/bin/perl

print "Input file name: ";
chomp ($infilename = <STDIN>);
use strict;
while ( defined($currentLine = <STDIN>) ) {
    if ($currentLine =~ /^ $name:/) {
        print $currentLine;
    }
} 
close(IN)
close(OUT)

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..... I'm trying to read a line with the word "$name", there. and then i need to parse the last two elements from the line, made up of five rows, including the word name. Can some one let let me know why am I getting the error? and how would I go above solving the problem? Thanks Paav

In reply to required explicit package error. by Paav

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