Hey Cory, This is a screen shot from my command prompt, is this what you are doing character for character?
<screen shot> Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195] (C) Copyright 1985-1999 Microsoft Corp. C:\>perl -e "print qq~Hello\n~" Hello C:\>perl -v This is perl, v5.6.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall Binary build 631 provided by ActiveState Tool Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com Built 17:16:22 Jan 2 2002 Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page. C:\> </screen shot> Shawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "cory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:19 PM Subject: Can get script to print to command prompt no matter what I try I have tried numerous variations of this simple script: print ("hello\n"); perl -e "print qq~Hello\n~" C:\> perl print "Hello\n"; then press 'controll Z' print "hello"; and press 'control C' Nothing works. I can run a pre written script, but that is it. I have the camel book and none of the sample scripts will run. HELP!!!!!!!!!!! Cory Moore Campaign Manager Pat Ahumada for Congress www.patforcongress.com www.americanvirtue.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
