>> >> Note the missing "she-bang" line: #!/usr/bin/perl -w Note also that I >> didn't tell the shell "how" to execute the file. So the file is set to >> executable, but I thought it should error. Is that line not necessary >> on >> a Mac for some reason? How is this a Mac thing? It is not functional on >> other unix machines I have access to (and I tried various shells, >> including tcsh & bash). I repeated the experiment with no ".pl" >> extension, that isn't it. >> >> I suspect that it is a shell issue of some kind. >> >> /Michael Turner >> > > Not an issue. No shebang line means that 'exec(2)' will invoke your > standard > shell on it. 'print' is defined in some 'bash' or 'ksh' environments, > or you > may have such an alias or local program. >
Bob, Thanks for your response. I remain puzzled, however. Your response seems to imply that if I invoke "print" from the command line, it will be interepreted. This is not the case, it errors. /Michael Turner
