the directory containing perl was in your PATH variable while the current directory is
not (its a security measure). the '#!' on the first line simply means that the file
contains commands to be interpreted by the interpreter following these symbols (i
think they are called magic numbers or
./perl.pl
You probably don't have the current directory in your search path, so when
you issue the perl.pl command, the machine looks everywhere, apart from the
current directory.
Either get into the habit of specifying ./command or add ./ to your search
path. Be aware that many people do not
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 04:41:04 -0500
Daniel Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me:
Hi,
Thank you for quickly answer my question, but the problem still there!
Now, the bash shell gave me another wrong message:
bash: /usr/bin/test.pl: no such file or directory
When I put
On Thursday 31 January 2002 09:19, Anuerin G.Diaz wrote:
[snip]
and test.pl contained in its first line the entry (without the quotes)
#!/usr/bin/test.pl
but when i substitute this line #!/bin/perl
This is the correct first line of a perl script if perl resides in /bin. The
first line of a
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 20:39:14 -0500
John Cichy [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me:
On Thursday 31 January 2002 09:19, Anuerin G.Diaz wrote:
[snip]
and test.pl contained in its first line the entry (without the quotes)
#!/usr/bin/test.pl
but when i substitute this line
