user@locahsot:~$ LOCATION="Rolla"
user@locahost:~$ ./whatis $LOCATION

#!/bin/bash
#report status of 'location' argument

#CONSTANTS
Rolla="boring"

#VARIABLES
status=

if [ $1 == "Rolla" ] ; then
   status=$Rolla
else
   status="?"
fi

clear
echo $1 "is" $status

exit 0

# perl location.pl Rolla
boring

#!/usr/bin/perl

#get arguments from command line
if (!$ARGV[0]) {
    die "No arguments given \n Usage: location [Location]\n";
   
}

my $location = $ARGV[0];
my $status;


#check for rolla
if ($location =~ /rolla/i) {
    $status = "boring";
}
else {
    $status = "fun!";
}

#print result
print $status."\n";