> -----Original Message----- > From: Avinash Sridhar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:41 PM > To: beginners@perl.org > Subject: A very basic question > > Hello All, > > I just joined this forum today and I dont know whether this particular > question has been posted before. If it is please do let me know where i > can > get the answer from. > > I am using a Windows XP Professional box. Want to learn perl, how do i > go > about downloading the perl interpreter. I was told to use Active perl. I > downloaded it and having a tough time figuring out how I can work with it. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Avinash
Avinash, After you download and install ActiveState Perl... you are all set. You might want to install Perl Edit which is a nice perl text editor; you can download that here http://www.indigostar.com/perledit.html Open the text editor and type: ----------------- #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; print "Hello World!\n"; ----------------- 1.) name the file hello_world.plx 2.) open a command prompt and go to directory where you saved the file 3.) type perl hello_world.plx You should see: C:\brian\perl>perl hello_world.plx Hello World! C:\brian\perl> Hope this helps! Brian Volk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
