Re: New to list, greetings and a (newbie)problem

2004-12-22 Thread allan juul
Then, when, in the terminal, I typed: hw.pl while in the same directory, I got the following message. tcsh: hw.pl: Command not found. what happens if you type : perl hw.pl ? ./allan

Re: New to list, greetings and a (newbie)problem

2004-12-22 Thread Morbus Iff
Then, when, in the terminal, I typed: hw.pl while in the same directory, I got the following message. tcsh: hw.pl: Command not found. Try ./hw.pl (no quotes). Most shells and OSs will NOT let you run scripts in the working (ie. where I'm currently located) directory unless you use a relative

Re: New to list, greetings and a (newbie)problem

2004-12-22 Thread Bill Stephenson
On Dec 22, 2004, at 2:53 PM, Isaac Sherman wrote: tcsh: hw.pl: Command not found. Welcome to Perl I think you're going to learn to love this humble tool. I sure have. Anyway, type this: perl hw.pl (ie. type in perl before the name of your script. Bill

Re: New to list, greetings and a (newbie)problem

2004-12-22 Thread Isaac Sherman
In a message dated Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Isaac Sherman writes: Then, when, in the terminal, I typed: hw.pl while in the same directory, I got the following message. tcsh: hw.pl: Command not found. My meanderings in the Terminal showed that /usr/bin/perl does indeed exist. I also tried chmod

Re: New to list, greetings and a (newbie)problem

2004-12-22 Thread John Delacour
At 3:53 pm -0500 22/12/04, Isaac Sherman wrote: Then, when, in the terminal, I typed: hw.pl while in the same directory, I got the following message. tcsh: hw.pl: Command not found. As others have said, you can run junk.pl using the command perl junk.pl and this will work even if a) the

Re: New to list, greetings and a (newbie)problem

2004-12-22 Thread Sherm Pendley
On Dec 22, 2004, at 3:53 PM, Isaac Sherman wrote: #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; An excellent start! Always ask Perl for all the help it can give you. Then, when, in the terminal, I typed: hw.pl while in the same directory, I got the following message. tcsh: hw.pl: Command not found.

Re: New to list, greetings and a (newbie)problem

2004-12-22 Thread Trey Harris
In a message dated Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Isaac Sherman writes: Then, when, in the terminal, I typed: hw.pl while in the same directory, I got the following message. tcsh: hw.pl: Command not found. My meanderings in the Terminal showed that /usr/bin/perl does indeed exist. I also tried chmod 755

Re: New to list, greetings and a (newbie)problem

2004-12-22 Thread Rick Anderson
On Dec 22, 2004, at 12:53 PM, Isaac Sherman wrote: I'm new to this list, and I am new to Perl as well. Isaac, just judging from your problem, it appears that you're probably a bit new to all things Unix as well (not trying to sound condescending, just an observation.) I got on OS X for the first

Re: New to list, greetings and a (newbie)problem

2004-12-22 Thread Trey Harris
In a message dated Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Trey Harris writes: 1. setting PATH to include .: setenv PATH $PATH:. Sorry, that should have been setenv PATH ${PATH}:. Sorry, tcsh isn't my primary shell and I confuse the syntax sometimes. (In bash, zsh, or other Bourne-compatible shells, the

Re: New to list, greetings and a (newbie)problem

2004-12-22 Thread Isaac Sherman
on 12/22/04 5:31 PM, the method -(id)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:(id) sender:@Rick Anderson; returned: On Dec 22, 2004, at 12:53 PM, Isaac Sherman wrote: I'm new to this list, and I am new to Perl as well. Isaac, just judging from your problem, it appears that you're probably a bit new to all

Re: New to list, greetings and a (newbie)problem

2004-12-22 Thread Robert D . Sharp
I lurk on this list and I have read every post for years, Isaac, the recommendation for Unix book(s) is absolutely correct. Or you could do a google search on unix commands and/or go to a public library and see what book can get there. Understanding the background environment is essential to