At 12:29 PM 6/30/2006, bruce wrote:
>hi...
>
>i know this list is geared towards windows
>
>i have a perl script... i can run it with d:perl foo.pl
>
>i have the 1st line as
> !/usr/bin/perl
> perl exists in the dir...
You will want to use:
#!/usr/bin/perl
in order to get the shell
hi bruce --
In a message dated 6/30/2006 3:39:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> hi...> > i know this list is geared towards
windows> > i have a perl script... i can run it with d:perl
foo.pl> > i have the 1st line as> !/usr/bin/perl
shouldn't this be ``#
bruce wrote:
> hi...
>
> i know this list is geared towards windows
>
> i have a perl script... i can run it with d:perl foo.pl
>
> i have the 1st line as
> !/usr/bin/perl
> perl exists in the dir...
1st line should be:
#!/usr/bin/perl
--
Bowie
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On Unix, scripts uses a shbang, the first 2 characters of the file must
be ASCII
#!
The path after that is executed.
Commonly, you will have:
#! /usr/bin/env perl -w
But if you know that perl will be in /usr/bin/perl then
#! /usr/bin/perl -w will work too.
Also, it is important that at least
thanks all...
#&^&[EMAIL PROTECTED] fingers.. never type what you tell them to!!
-Original Message-
From: Thurn, Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: running perl on linux..
The shebang line has to start wit
| !/usr/bin/perl
I'm assuming this is a typo but it should be
#!/usr/bin/perl
My bet is you have a space,newline,etc. something before #!. The #! perl
directive should be the very first thing in your script. Also, if you
composed the script on Windows and copied it to a Linux machine, you may
hi...
i know this list is geared towards windows
i have a perl script... i can run it with d:perl foo.pl
i have the 1st line as
!/usr/bin/perl
perl exists in the dir...
i've changed the mode to be x --> chmod +x foo.pl
when i try to directly run using
./foo.pl
.foo.pl
etc..
i get err
