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From: Branson Matheson <branson@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Perl scripts
To: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 13:54:42 -0500 (EST)
Cc: paul@nation-net.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <199604021707.TAA09726@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> from "Christoph P. Kukulies" at Apr 2, 96 07:07:15 pm
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> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > What is the correct way to call the interpreter in a Perl script
> > > Does #!/usr/bin/perl not work ?
> > 
> >  This should most definately work... so does:
> > 	
> > #! /usr/bin/perl
> > 
> > If it is not... try running 'sh -xv {perlscript}' and see what it
> 
> Wrong. Running the script that way sh would try to execute the
> commands in it as shell commands. The #! line would be treated as 
> comment. 

 True.. I stand ( humbly ) corrected.

 -branson

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