On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:03:50PM -0800, brady jacksan wrote:
> Hi 

Hi,

> I am writing a script that reads file from command line  and  places 
> each line from the files into an array, and prints out the total lines 
> read and then
>     each line read.
> 
> while (defined ($files = <>)) {
>   chomp;
>   print "Total lines in the files:@files\."
                                             ^
>   print "@files\n"
                    ^
> 
 ^
> why do keep getting compilation errors?

Because your syntax is invalid. Braces must be balanced, and each
statement must end in a semicolon.

Also, you don't need to escape periods in quoted strings.

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Michael
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