On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 22:25, Mark <herrpoe...@hailmail.net> wrote: > Hi. Perl newbie here. I'm on a MBP using Leopard (10.5.8). Perl is > pre-installed: /usr/bin/perl. > > I can't get a simple "Hello world" script to work. Here's the script (saved > as test.pl). > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > print "Hello world!\n"; > > Permissions are set to 755. In a terminal application (iTerm) I changed > directory to the location of the script, and typed > perl test.pl > Nothing happens -- i.e. no "Hello world!", and I get a new command prompt. > > Typing > perl -v > produces: > This is perl, v5.8.8 built for darwin-thread-multi-2level > ... > and so on. > > Typing > perl -c Test.pl > yields > Test.pl syntax OK > > So how come no "Hello world!"? > > I really want Perl to have me at Hello World. What should I do? > > - Mark
That is very odd, it should be working. Just to make sure it is not some weirdness with iTerm (I use iTerm, so that shouldn't be the problem), try using Apple's Terminal.app instead. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
