Perl scripts

Perl scripts

[Geoff Shang]

Hi all:

OK, can someone tell me how to execute a perl script?  I assumed that I
could run it like any other since it has the /usr/bin/perl thing at the
top, but apparently not.

Geoff.

Re: Perl scripts

[Ryan Mann]

Try typing perl scriptname. For example if the name of the script is 
test.pl type "perl test.pl"



Ryan M


On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Geoff Shang wrote:

> Hi all:
> 
> OK, can someone tell me how to execute a perl script?  I assumed that I
> could run it like any other since it has the /usr/bin/perl thing at the
> top, but apparently not.
> 
> Geoff.
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Perl scripts

[Kerry Hoath]

It has to be executable; and it should have
#!/usr/bin/perl at the top; make sure it doesn't say
#!/usr/local/bin/perl or it mightn't go. You can also type
perl scriptname
just as you can type sh scriptname under the shell.

Regards, Kerry.
On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 07:26:26AM +1100, Geoff Shang wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> OK, can someone tell me how to execute a perl script?  I assumed that I
> could run it like any other since it has the /usr/bin/perl thing at the
> top, but apparently not.
> 
> Geoff.
> 
> 
> 
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Perl scripts

[Bart Bunting]

Geoff Shang writes:
you should be able to.
make sure you've got the exicute bit set.
Bart

 > Hi all:
 > 
 > OK, can someone tell me how to execute a perl script?  I assumed that I
 > could run it like any other since it has the /usr/bin/perl thing at the
 > top, but apparently not.
 > 
 > Geoff.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > _______________________________________________
 > Speakup mailing list
 > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
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Re: Perl scripts

[Victor Tsaran]

Or if ou would like to know the path of PERL binary for sure, type

which perl

to get the existing path to the PERL binary. To get rid of CTRLF's, what I
do usually do is to open the same PERL script in Pico. Then press space bar
once, Pico will say: "File modified", then do backspace once to get rid of
that space you just typed, then save normally. Pico will get rid of those
CTRLF's for you. Neat!
Regards,
Vic

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.eu.org>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Cc: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: Perl scripts


> It has to be executable; and it should have
> #!/usr/bin/perl at the top; make sure it doesn't say
> #!/usr/local/bin/perl or it mightn't go. You can also type
> perl scriptname
> just as you can type sh scriptname under the shell.
>
> Regards, Kerry.
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 07:26:26AM +1100, Geoff Shang wrote:
> > Hi all:
> >
> > OK, can someone tell me how to execute a perl script?  I assumed that I
> > could run it like any other since it has the /usr/bin/perl thing at the
> > top, but apparently not.
> >
> > Geoff.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
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> >
>
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Re: Perl scripts

[Geoff Shang]

Hi:

Seems the problem was that it had cr/lf pairs.  Beats me why as it was
almost certainly sent from a linux machine.  Now I've got to write back to
the sender anyway because it won't run because it can't find something.

Geoff.