I know I have redefined the default record separator before in my code and had it work but not in this little script I am working on: 
use strict;
use warnings;
my $prefix        = shift @ARGV;
my $cpu            = shift @ARGV;
my $sched_name    = shift @ARGV;
my $job_name    = shift @ARGV;

open (CFG, "/home/mt71124/scripts/maestro_inst.txt") or die ("Error op
+ening config file: $1");
$/ = &;
while (<CFG>) {
    next if /^\#/;
    next unless ($_ =~ /^$prefix\s+$cpu\s+$sched_name\s+$job_name\s+(\
+w+)/);
    print;
    exit;
}
print "Contact the application oncall for this prefix to remediate./n 
+The workstation is $cpu the schedule is $sched_name the job is $job_n
+ame\n";

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Here is what I am getting: 
syntax error at ./maestro_inst.pl line 16, near ") {"
syntax error at ./maestro_inst.pl line 21, near "}"
Execution of ./maestro_inst.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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Thanks for any help.

In reply to Help with default record separator by nickfaber

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