Re: Perl question solved

From	Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Perl question solved
Date	2026-01-14 13:09 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2026-01-14, Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> wrote:
> [Posted here, beause I can't find a live perl group; if you know of one,
> please refer me there.]
>
> I had a strange problem pop up today. I am working on a msall program,
> and my program file starts with something like this:
>      #! /usr/bin/perl
>      #
>          use strict;
>      my $aaa;
>      my @bbb = ( # "1ab",
>                    "2bc",
>                    "3cd"
>                ):
>
> Program runs fine, when I pun it using "perl program".
> But when I "chmod +x program" and run it as "./program"
> it has syntax errors on "use strict;" and on the commented
> out first line of @bbb.
>
> I am puzzled. Why would that be? For my use today, it does not
> matter, but I have not seen this before, and I keep the "use strict;"
> line in all my production code. Any hints for how to figure out what's
> wrong?

To those who told me it is silly to post an abbreviated version that
might contain typos or other significant deviations:
  Yes, you are right, and as noted, the colon on the last line is indeed a
  typo.

To those who asked for a more detailed error message than just "syntax
error":
  That really was all I got:
          Syntax error on line xxx near "?some tokens?"
  Which means that the error is so stupid you should be able to see it
  at a glance.

*** Resolution ***

Yes, it really was COMPLETELY STUPID, as I knew it was.
And I found it when I came back after sleeping on it.

There was a blank line at the top, and the error messages must
have come from the shell (bash) rather than from perl.
-- 
Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California

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