From one client's server the following line made for an elegant way to view error messages in the browser when testing a cgi: 
close(DATA) or die "Content-type: text/html\n\n\n <P>HRUMPH \n\n <P>$!
+";

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But I tried to do the same thing on another box and found I had to use the following or I would get an Internal Server Error: 
close(DATA) or print "Content-type: text/html\n\n\n <P>HRUMPH \n\n <P>
+$!";

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This last appears to give me equally verbose error statements. What did I miss? Is this a server-based difference, something the ISP has configured differently? I am guessing the second server does not like the fact that the script died while the first server was not so sensitive?

Thanks, as always, for helping my understanding.

In reply to die vs. print in CGI by Valkerri

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