Dumb question - I'm trying to invoke a perl script like this: 
   test.pl DBI

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and I want the script to "use" the module parameter that I give it(DBI) so that the script can then get the location of the module on the filesystem from the %INC hash. But this code: 
  #!/usr/bin/perl -w
  use strict;
  my $perl_module = shift;
  use $perl_module;

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gets this error: 
   [hmerrill@merrill bin]$ ./test.pl DBI
   syntax error at ./test.pl line 4, near "use 
   $perl_module"
   Execution of ./test.pl aborted due to compilation
   errors.

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Like I said - it must be a stupid question, but I don't know what I'm missing. Any help is appreciated.

In reply to module location by hmerrill

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