BEGIN { print "bunch of commandline error messages follow\n" t = ARGV[0]; print "\n" t "\n"; system(t) # usage t = ARGV[0] " -f"; print "\n" t "\n"; system(t) # no program file t = ARGV[0] " -f /glop/glop"; print "\n" t "\n"; system(t) # program inaccessible t = ARGV[0] " -zzz"; print "\n" t "\n"; system(t) # weird option t = ARGV[0] " -F"; print "\n" t "\n"; system(t) # null FS t = ARGV[0] " -F :"; print "\n" t "\n"; system(t) # field sep but no program }