I have a file called perl and perl5.8.3 in the /usr/bin directory.  I
ran vi against the perl file and what was on the screen didn't look
like any text file I had ever seen.

Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Kettler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 11:46 AM
To: Ronald I. Nutter; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Mailgrep perl script problem


At 11:40 AM 8/19/2004, Ronald I. Nutter wrote:
>If you mean perl, yes it does exist as an executable.  When I type perl

>-v it comes back with the version number of perl installed.

Yes, but does it exist at the exact location specified by the shebang?

when you type perl -v you're merely proving perl exists in your PATH,
but 
not where it exists.

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