If you're just running in a local directory and it's chmodded 755, you have to execute it with slashdot: ./seaward
s/ On 23 April 2014 15:07, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23/04/14 10:36, Alan Pope wrote: > >> On 23 April 2014 10:31, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 23/04/14 10:27, Alan Lord wrote: >>> >>>> So does anyone have any ideas about packaging up this script? I now have >>>>> information about how to package it for submission but I still need a >>>>> way to run the program from the command line without calling perl. >>>>> >>>> >>>> If your script is executable and has the right "shebang" at the start >>>> you >>>> will not need to call perl. >>>> >>>> >>>> Al >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The script is called seaward.pl, I want it to be run by simply typing >>> seaward. How do I achieve this? >>> >>> Make sure it's got the executable bit set, rename it seaward and make >> sure the first line is:- >> >> #!/usr/bin/env perl >> >> Put the file in your path and you're done. >> >> Cheers, >> Al. >> >> I have tried renaming the file but still get a 'Command not found' > error. Any ideas > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "TBA are particularly glib"
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