Sounds more like it's trying to parse it in the shell -- perl doesn't
use "then".
add this as the 1st line of the script:
#! /path/to/your/perl -w
No spaces at the beginning of the line, or any lines before it!
Be sure to say
which perl
and use that path instead of literally "/path/to/your/perl".
Then make it executable
chmod 755 scriptname
and try again to run it.
If that gives you too much grief, try
#! /bin/env perl -w
which should look it up dynamically in your path for you.
Paul
--- "Patel, SamirX K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I just installed Cygwin, and I have ActivePerl installed previously
> (and
> still).
>
> When I try running a perl script from the DOS command window, it
> works.
> When I try to run it from Cygwin, I get the error:
>
> inst.pl: 13: Syntax error: "{" unexpected (expecting "then")
>
> I'm guessing Cygwin has its own version if perl, and its old. How do
> I get
> uninstall Cygwin Perl and get it to point to ActivePerl?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Samir
>
>
>
>
> Here's the snippet from around line 13:
>
> Line 1 :
>
############################################################################
> ###
> Line 2 : # Instantiation program
> Line 3 : #
> Line 4 : # usage: inst.pl <infile>
> Line 5 : # example: inst.pl arden.vhdl
> Line 6 : #
> Line 7 : #
> Line 8 : # This script parses VHDL or Verilog files and writes
> Line 9 : # out module instantiation and port mapping code in
> Verilog.
> Line 10: #
> Line 11:
>
############################################################################
> ###
> Line 12:
> Line 13: if ($#ARGV<0) {
> Line 14: print "\n";
> Line 15: print "This script parses VHDL or Verilog files and
> writes\n";
> Line 16: print "out module instantiation and port mapping code in
> Verilog.\n";
> Line 17: print "\n";
> Line 18: print "usage: inst.pl <infile> \n";
> Line 19: print "example: inst.pl test.vhdl\n";
> Line 20: print "\n";
> Line 21: print "Number of Arguments read: $#ARGV\n";
> Line 22: exit 0
> Line 23: }
>
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