102 > perl xx.pl 103 > perl -0 -ne's/;eval//;eval;eval' xx.pl Unquoted string "white" may clash with future reserved word at (eval 3) line 1 (#1) (W reserved) You used a bareword that might someday be claimed as a reserved word. It's best to put such a word in quotes, or capitalize it somehow, or insert an underbar into it. You might also declare it as a subroutine. 104 > perl -MV=Tk Tk /pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/IA64.ARCHREV_0-LP64/Tk.pm: 804.027 105 >