[ale] OFFTOPIC: Perl -w oddities?

[Wandered Inn]

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

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