in reply to "Use strict" and "Use warnings" not working

It looks like you are trying to run an executable command named "use" at your bash command prompt. Don't do that.

use strict and warnings belong inside a Perl file. For example, you can create a file named "foo.pl", give it execute permissions, and add these 2 lines at the top:

use strict; use warnings;
See also: perlintro

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