On 2003-03-24 07:27:14 -0800, Ovid wrote:
> --- Jose Luis Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello Ovid
> >
> > This is the code that I am trying to run
> >
> > #!/usr/bin/perl
> >
> > my $a="Hello World";
> >
> > print $a;
>
> There is nothing wrong with this code. Thoughts:
>
> * what is the result of 'which perl'? Are you pointing to the same interpreter?
> (though this
> should not make a difference)
>
> * are your line endings wrong?
Try:
#!/usr/bin/perl
my $greeting="Hello World\n";
print $greeting;
With my shell prompt the \n in $greeting is necessary, else the output
is eaten by the prompt.
Hope this helps
Morten
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