O Wise Monks, I seek your advice on the following: Can anyone explain why the following simple code works on my WinXP setup but not on the HPUX 11.00 release we have on our computer at work: 
$filename="auditlog.txt";
open FILE,$filename;
while (<FILE>)
{
print "$_";
}

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Prints the file, easy enough right? That's what it does on XP. On the HPUX it simply drops back to the prompt nothing displayed. I've done variations on the filename, giving the full path even though the script and log file are in the same directory. Running perl -w only tells me that I'm using an unitialized variable on line 2 A perl -v gives me 
This is perl, version 4.0

$RCSfile: perl.c,v $$Revision: 4.0.1.8 $$Date: 1993/02/05 19:39:30 $
Patch level: 36

Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1991, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 4.0 source 
+kit.

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I think perhaps that there isn't a full install of Perl on the machine. Any ideas? stu

update: lol, yeah I already figured on the updating of Perl and just grabbed the update package a little while ago. When I tried testing the file open condition it would error out (not in a good way) if I used "or die", and the same results as mentioned below if I used "|| die" But even with older versions and what not, this should work, right? Very odd.
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update #2: @davis: Huh, I ran the swlist and according to it, Perl's not even installed on the machine. The perl I'm using (I found by whereis) is in our /usr/contrib/bin

Interesting...I'll do the update (gotta clear it with the powers that be first) and see if that doesn't fix the prob.

Nothing like being a *NIX newbie.

Thanks!



update #3: alaka-zam! so it was requested, so shall it be done.

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