Don know Perl, don't know what's broke - re - type1inst!!

(2nd post, I think my first may have been to the wrong group - sorry)

Hello Perl-ers -

I´m hoping I can get some help here, because I'm very lost. Don't know
Perl, I'm not a programmer. And this is something that has worked for
me earlier, only now it doesn't anymore.

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The ¨problem¨ script -
line 995 onwards as found in file 'type1inst' available in package/at
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/X11...t-0.6.1.tar.gz
which I've copied below. Simple enough, & looks OK too.
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#
# Some users have had problems with perl's file globbing not
working.This
# gets a shell to do it for us. It matches all files with the
extension
# specified in the parameter, i.e. if pat = "foo" then it matches all
of
# *.foo .
#
sub do_glob {
($pat) = @_;
local($raw, @fnames);
open(SHELL, "echo *.$pat|") || die("Couldn't open shell in
do_glob\n");
$raw = <SHELL>;
$raw =~ s/\*\.$pat//;
@fnames = split(/\s/,$raw); ## <--- line 1008
close(SHELL);
(@fnames);
}
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Error Message before I get before script dies -
Split loop at /usr/bin/type1inst line 1008, <SHELL> line 1.
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Now I KNOW this has worked for me on a previous machine, and only
recently (just
installed Linux, thus trying to transfer Type 1 fonts from my old
machine to new one), I just don't know why it's not working any more.
I don have my old machine for a reference anymore either.

I'm running Redhat 9 and details from 'perl -V' are listed at the end
of this email.

So is there something wrong with my system? Is it the script that's
broke, my system, or has something changed in Perl? If it's tha last
of the three, could someone help me fix this?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

TIA.
Regards,

Dinil Penne

# perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 0)
configuration:
Platform:
osname=linux, osvers=2.4.20-2.48smp,
archname=i386-linux-thread-multi
uname='linux str'
config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -g
-Dmyhostname=localhost -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red
Hat, Inc. -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux
-Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr
-Dotherlibdirs=/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads
-Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db
-Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseperlio
-Dinstallusrbinperl -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononly
-Dpager=/usr/bin/less -isr'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
usethreads=define use5005threads=undef'
useithreads=define usemultiplicity=
useperlio= d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef use64bitall=un uselongdouble=
usemymalloc=, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS
-DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include
-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
optimize='',
cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS
-DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include
-I/usr/include/gdbm'
ccversion='', gccversion='3.2.2 20030213 (Red Hat Linux 8.0
3.2.2-1)', gccosandvers=''
gccversion='3.2.2 200302'
intsize=e, longsize= , ptrsize=p, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define,
longdblsize=12
ivtype='long'
k', ivsize=4'
ivtype='long'
known_ext, nvtype='double'
o_nonbl', nvsize=, Off_t='', lseeksize=8
alignbytes=4, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='gcc'
l', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
ldf'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt -lutil
perllibs=
libc=/lib/libc-2.3.1.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libper
gnulibc_version='2.3.1'
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so', d_dlsymun=undef,
ccdlflags='-rdynamic
-Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE'
cccdlflags='-fPIC'
ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5', lddlflags='s
Unicode/Normalize
XS/A'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: DEBUGGING MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS
USE_LARGE_FILES PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
Locally applied patches:
MAINT18379
Built under linux
Compiled at Feb 18 2003 22:19:53
@INC:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0

DP