Re: syntax error at example.pl line 1

After you add that missing semicolon, you might want to look at single quotes around a variable name towards the end.

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Re^2: syntax error at example.pl line 1 by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jun 17, 2016 at 05:43 UTC
If you're thinking of `print "'$cheese' ";` it should be ok because the single-quotes are ~~actually in~~ \| actually literal characters within a double-quote operator: `c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my $cheese = 'limburger'; print \"'$cheese' \"; " 'limburger'` [download] Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]