You can use

while ($var ne 'blah'){
do stuff
}
[download]

or

while($var){
read it
}
[download]

But I have never seen a bareword in there which leads me to believe that you can't have it in there. When you think about it though, what would a word in there do? Monks?

Wanna be perl hacker.
Dave AKA damian
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