in reply to Operator held in scalar/array element

If you're sure your input can be trusted, there's string eval: 
if ( eval "$permissions[0] \$file" ) { ... }

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Re^2: Operator held in scalar/array element
by AngryKumquat (Initiate) on May 06, 2009 at 23:17 UTC
    Thank you that works perfectly.
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