Deleting child objects (Perl)

This code can be found in Chapter 5 of Active Directory Cookbook, 2nd edition

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# This Perl code deletes the objects in an OU, but not the OU itself

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# Adapted from VBScript code contained in the book:
#      "Active Directory Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
# Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
# ISBN: 0-596-00466-4
# Book web site: http://rallenhome.com/books/adcookbook/code.html
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
use Win32::OLE;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;
my $objOU = Win32::OLE->GetObject("LDAP://<OrgUnitDN>");
foreach my $objChildObject (in $objOU) {
    print "Deleting ",$objChildObject->Name,"\n";
    $objChildObject->DeleteObject(0);
}

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