Sorry to burden you but as you've been the only monk to help...... I can now find the chgrp script on the path that you pointed me at. I still however am unsure how to call chgrp! 
use lib '/usr/local/ppt/bin' ;
#
print "\n\tMod Test Starts\n" ;
#
my $file = 'xxrctest' ;
my $new_group = 'save' ;
#
&chgrp ($new_group $file) or die "\n\tNo kin n d min ::$!\n" ;
#
print "\n\tMod Test Ends\n" ;

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results in - 
$ Mod_test.pl
Scalar found where operator expected at Mod_test.pl line 17, near "$ne
+w_group $f
ile"
        (Missing operator before $file?)
syntax error at Mod_test.pl line 17, near "$new_group $file"
Execution of Mod_test.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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If I remove the & from the &chgrp call I get - 
$ Mod_test.pl
Scalar found where operator expected at Mod_test.pl line 17, near "$ne
+w_group $f
ile"
        (Missing operator before $file?)
syntax error at Mod_test.pl line 17, near "$new_group $file"
Execution of Mod_test.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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How, before I'm completetly bald!, do I call this script?
Cheers, Ronnie

In reply to Re^2: HELP chgrp by Ronnie
in thread HELP chgrp by Ronnie

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