Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 02:02:22 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Read <dread@texas.net> To: Chris Dritsas <chrisquestions@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Perl #! syntax support Message-ID: <XFMail.20010914020222.dread@texas.net> In-Reply-To: <F76Y61LEdyt3cew8k69000105d9@hotmail.com>
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On 14-Sep-2001 Chris Dritsas wrote: > Good Day, > > I am writing some perl and dont want to issue 'perl <filename>' at the > command prompt every time I wish to run my script. > > Reading Wall and Schwartz 'Progamming Perl', I find mention to my issue; "On > systems that support the #! syntax for specifying the name of an > interpreter, you can put a magical line at the front of the file so that the > operating system knows what program to interpret your file with, like this: >#!/usr/bin/perl" > > My system seems to not be supporting this syntax '#!'. My scripts run fine > when I issue 'perl <filename>' at the command prompt. > > Any ideas how to make my system support this syntax? > put shebang on the first line: #!/usr/bin/perl -w ... Add execute permission: $ chmod +x myprog.pl then run it: $ ./myprog.pl Regards, -- Don Read dread@texas.net -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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