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> From: Nathan Hilterbrand <noset...@cotse.net>
> Subject: Re: .profile not being read
> Date: February 14, 2013 11:47:52 AM CST
> To: beginners@perl.org
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> On 02/14/2013 11:53 AM, Hal Wigoda wrote:
>> The MAC OSX uses the bash profile .bash-profile
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Lawrence Statton <lawre...@cluon.com> wrote:
>>> On 02/14/2013 08:47 AM, Gerard Walschap wrote:
>>>> I just installed perl on my Mac following the instructions on the
>>>> perl.org website. It seems to work, as "perl -v" returns "This is perl 5,
>>>> version 16, subversion 0 (v5.16.0) built for darwin-2level..."
>>>>
>>>> The thing is that the commands in my .profile file are no longer
>>>> being executed. The file is still there in the same place. Any suggestions
>>>> would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> -Gerard
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You're leaving out some critical information, such as "What does your
>>> .profile have to do with Perl?" Your login shell (assuming it's a /bin/sh
>>> variant like dash or bash) is responsible for reading and executing your
>>> .profile.
>>>
>>>
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> Is it possible that there is something in your profile that is dependent upon
> your old perl ?
>
>
I doubt it. The file only contains the following:
alias ls="ls -aF"
PS1='[@\h \d \A] \w: '
-Gerard
