query about perl

[yogesh536]

I am trying the following code : print $ARG[0]; and in command perl test.pl hello but I am not getting hello printed on command. Please advise.

[linuxer]

Try print $ARGV[0].

Addendum:

Extracted from perlvar

@ARGV

The array @ARGV contains the command-line arguments intended for the s
+cript. $#ARGV is generally the number of arguments minus one, because
+ $ARGV[0] is the first argument, not the program's command name itsel
+f. See $0 for the command name.

[Anonymous Monk]

Use strict warnings and diagnostics or die

$ perl -e " use strict; use warnings; print $ARG[0]; " hello
Global symbol "@ARG" requires explicit package name at -e line 1.
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

$ perl -e " use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics; print $ARG[0]; 
+" hello
Global symbol "@ARG" requires explicit package name at -e line 1.
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors (#1)
    (F) You've said "use strict" or "use strict vars", which indicates
    that all variables must either be lexically scoped (using "my" or 
+"state"),
    declared beforehand using "our", or explicitly qualified to say
    which package the global variable is in (using "::").

Uncaught exception from user code:
        Global symbol "@ARG" requires explicit package name at -e line
+ 1.
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
 at -e line 1

$

[eighty-one]

So you have a file called test.pl, and somewhere in there is print $ARGV[0]

On the command line, you type perl test.pl hello but you don't get 'hello' written to the command line as you expected.

Some more information would be useful. What does test.pl contain - just the text you indicated, or is that just one line of a file with multiple lines? What OS are you using? You state you don't get hello printed - is anything printed? An error message or notification of some kind? Or do you simply get no output whatsoever?

You might have more luck if you answer some of those questions. Also, take a look at How do I post a question effectively? and the Posting on PerlMonks section of the FAQ (the rest of the FAQ is good, too!); you should be able to get some advice on what you need to include so that you'll be providing enough information so as to make the problem you're having solvable by those who read your node.

[Anonymous Monk]

I'd just take him at his word that he used  $ARG[0], the  use English version of  $_[0] instead of  $ARGV[0].