tilde:~ [13:53:30]$ perl -we '$a=$a+1' Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at -e line 1. tilde:~ [13:53:50]$ perl -we '$a+=1' Name "main::a" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1. tilde:~ [13:53:58]$ perl -we '$a++' Name "main::a" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1.