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 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
 # make sure to set this string to
 # the corresponding remote in /etc/lircd.conf
 $remote_name = "RCA";
 
 # Let's assume you don't need to press enter after you punch in a
 # channel number. Change this to 1 if your cable box expects you press
 # enter after each command
 $needs_enter = 0;
 
 # Change this to point to your rc executable
 $rc_command = "/usr/bin/irsend";
 
 # This outputs debugging info to a file.  Change path to suit your needs.
-my $debugfile = "/tmp/debugchannelchange.txt"
+$debugfile = "/tmp/debugchannelchange.txt";
 
 # This subroutine actually sends the signal to the cable box
 sub change_SIGNAL {
     my($SIGNAL) = @_;
     system ("$rc_command SEND_ONCE $remote_name $SIGNAL");
 }
 
 $SIGNAL=$ARGV[0];
 open F, ">> /var/log/channel.log";
 print F "channel changing $SIGNAL\n";
 close F;
 print "channel changing $SIGNAL\n";
 
 # Checks if $SIGNAL begins with a digit
 # If it detects that the string is made up of digits, then it puts
 # spaces between the digits.  Ex. 1234 becomes 1 2 3 4
 if ( $SIGNAL =~ /^\d+$/ )
 {
     my $length = length($SIGNAL);
     my $counter = 0;
     my $temp;
 
     while( $counter < $length )
     {
 	$temp .= substr($SIGNAL,$counter,1) ." ";
 	$counter++;
     }
 
     # write out contents of $temp variable to a file for debugging
     # this has not been tested but should be close
     open (DEBUGCHANSCPT, ">>" . $debugfile); #open for write, append
     print DEBUGCHANSCPT "Timestamp: ";
     print DEBUGCHANSCPT &timestamp();
     print DEBUGCHANSCPT "\n";
     print DEBUGCHANSCPT "Channel String: ";
     print DEBUGCHANSCPT "$temp\n";
 
     change_SIGNAL($temp);
 }
 else
 {
     # argument we passed was not made up of digits, so it must be a
     # command that does something other than channel changing on the
     # cable box
     change_SIGNAL($SIGNAL);
 }
 
 # Do we need to send enter
 if ( $needs_enter )
 {
     system ("$rc_command SEND_ONCE $remote_name ENTER");
 }