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[perlman:perldiag|the perldiag manpage] has a complete list of perl's error messages and warnings, with explanatory
text. You can also use the splain program (distributed with perl) to
explain the error messages:
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<PRE> perl program 2>diag.out
splain [-v] [-p] diag.out
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or change your program to explain the messages for you:
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<PRE> use diagnostics;
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or
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<PRE> use diagnostics -verbose;
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