The page Use strict and warnings explains how to get your program working under strict. It sounds like in your case the best way to start your scripts would be

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
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(The -w command line switch is not needed if you use warnings;.)

If you get errors, please post the exact error messages here; see How do I post a question effectively?

I did try it again to recreate the error I got. After my first script I had to download somthing for UBuntu. Perhaps it fixed the error or most likely I messed something up when trying to use: use warning; and use strict; before.

I did do that before when writing a simple hello world script, and it gave me an error on a perfectly good running script. I haven't tried it since I had to add patch to Ubuntu for Perl. However I will give it a shot again. That is why I used the command line script instead.

..I tried using the use warnings: use strict; when i first got this version I had errors even with the simple "hello World" program putting them as you suggested...

How does the error read? Can you show it here?

I tried to recreate it for you but it worked fine. I had to do a patch on my UBuntu maybe that fixed it or I did something wrong. Probably the latter.

I tried to recreate the error. I had to download a something UBuntu maybe it fixed the error but more likely I messed something up with my newbie fumbling. It worked perfectly this time thank you for pushing me to try it again.