[ale] OFFTOPIC: Perl -w oddities?

[Nomad the Wanderer]

Yes, about 20 lines up it's assigned the value of $_, and it
can be printed one line before this error.

Robert

Thus spake Wandered Inn (esoteric at denali.atlnet.com):

> Nomad the Wanderer wrote:
> > 
> > Ok,
> > 
> > eb-nfs1:310%>/usr/local/bin/perl.SunOS56 -v
> >   This is perl, version 5.004_04 built for sun4-solaris
> > 
> > Called as:
> >   eb-nfs1:310%>/usr/local/bin/perl.SunOS56 -w
> > 
> > I get this repeatedly:
> > Use of uninitialized value at ./FixSudoers line 55, <SUDOERS> chunk 51.
> > 
> > Line 55:
> >     $Line =~ s/ //g;
> > 
> >   I'm confused as I have defined $Line, but if I remove the "$Line =~"
> > the message goes away.  I can even do a $Line=""; right before and I
> > still get the errors.
> 
> I'm assuming $Line has a value prior to Line 55?  If not this is your
> problem.
> 
> > 
> > Robert
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Robert L. Harris                |    Windows is to Unix
> > Senior System Administrator II  |      what 'hooked on phonics'
> >   at Great West Life.           \_       is to Shakespeare
> > 
> > http://www.orci.com/~nomad
> > 
> > DISCLAIMER:
> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > 
> > FYI:
> >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> 
> --
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
> 
> You mean you paid MONEY for Service Pack '98????

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Robert L. Harris                |    Windows is to Unix 
Senior System Administrator II  |      what 'hooked on phonics'
  at Great West Life.           \_       is to Shakespeare


http://www.orci.com/~nomad

DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.

FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'