#!/usr/bin/perl -T use strict; use warnings; use CGI qw(:standard); use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); use Data::Dumper; print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n"; my $color=param('color'); print Dumper($color); exit; print "Your chosen color is $color.\n"; #### # ./color.cgi color=red Content-type: text/plain $VAR1 = 'red';