in reply to -w more than a warning?

as requesed by tye : )

$ cat -vet rep_input.cgi #!/usr/bin/perl -w ^M$ ^M$ use strict;^M$ use CGI qw(:all);^M$ require 'include.pl';^M$ $! = 1;^M$ print header; ^M$ use DBI;^M$ ^M$ my $REP_FNAME^I^I= uc( param('rep_fname') ); ^M$ my $REP_LNAME^I^I= uc( param('rep_lname') ); ^M$

"sometimes when you make a request for the head you don't
want the big, fat body...don't you go snickering."
                                         -- Nathan Torkington UoP2K a.k.a gnat