Hi, Sorry, I should have included the text file in my original message. It simply contains at this stage
$File1.txt$ $File2.txt$ $File3.txt$ $File4.txt$ $File5.txt$ Using use strict; I end up with a range of warnings, I don't know how relevant they are here. Thanks again. D:\My Documents\Perl>aaaa.pl Global symbol "@files1to5" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Per l\aaaa.pl line 7. Global symbol "$list1" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Perl\aa aa.pl line 8. Global symbol "@rawtext" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Perl\ aaaa.pl line 10. Global symbol "$list1" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Perl\aa aa.pl line 13. Global symbol "@rawtext" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Perl\ aaaa.pl line 13. Global symbol "@files1to5" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Per l\aaaa.pl line 14. Global symbol "$list1" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Perl\aa aa.pl line 14. Global symbol "$selectitem" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Pe rl\aaaa.pl line 16. Global symbol "$selectitem" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Pe rl\aaaa.pl line 17. Global symbol "@files1to5" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Per l\aaaa.pl line 21. Global symbol "$item" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Perl\aaa a.pl line 22. Global symbol "$selectitem" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Pe rl\aaaa.pl line 24. Global symbol "@files1to5" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Per l\aaaa.pl line 28. Global symbol "$item" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Perl\aaa a.pl line 29. Global symbol "$selectitem" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Pe rl\aaaa.pl line 31. Global symbol "@files1to5" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Per l\aaaa.pl line 35. Global symbol "$item" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Perl\aaa a.pl line 36. Global symbol "$selectitem" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Pe rl\aaaa.pl line 38. Global symbol "@files1to5" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Per l\aaaa.pl line 42. Global symbol "$item" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Perl\aaa a.pl line 43. Global symbol "$selectitem" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Pe rl\aaaa.pl line 45. Global symbol "@files1to5" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Per l\aaaa.pl line 49. Global symbol "$item" requires explicit package name at D:\My Documents\Perl\aaa a.pl line 50. Execution of H:\My Documents\Perl\aaaa.pl aborted due to compilation errors. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>