[Xastir] kiss-off fails Mint 20.3

[MJ Inabnit]

A few of us are testing the perl script kiss-off.pl and tonight I've
discovered it no longer works on my Mint 20.3.  I KNOW it worked on my
prior OS.  I get this error:

jaye at ham:~$ sudo ./kiss_off.pl >/dev/ttyUSB1

./kiss_off.pl: 19: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

My friend is running Ubuntu 22.04 with same error.

What failed and how can I get this to work again?

I REALLY don't want to have to take the TNC apart and I have a packet
net tomorrow afternoon!  :|

Tnx all, 73
j

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wishing you well
Jaye, ke6sls--via the toshiba w/thunderchicken