At 5:53 PM +0100 1/22/2002, Brad Paton wrote: >Anyone have any clues why a perl script run from the command line >would stop parsing after reading a commented line? When I invoke the >script via "perl p1.pl" from the shell without a "#!/usr/local/perl" >comment on the first line, it works fine, but with it, or any other >comment, the script stops executing any code following the comment. > >TIA > >brad
Are you using unix newlines (linefeeds) for your file? I would expect this behavior with traditional Mac newlines (carriage returns). Many text editors allow you to toggle the type of line endings before saving a file. (The file appears as a single line to Perl. Everything after the first "#" looks like a comment.) -Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
