Jean Raymond Chauviere wrote: > > Dermot Musgrove wrote: > > > Jean Raymond Chauviere wrote: > > > > > > I don't believe gnome is the right list to this question but .. > > Agreed but... > > > > > under a unix like operating system, you have to make it executable > > > with the command > > > chmod a+x name-file.pl? > > > and after you can launch it with : > > > ./name-file.pl? > > Omit the trailing question mark and it might work but then again it might > > not. More likely to work is 'perl ./name-file.pl' (without the quotes). > > The '?' comes from cut and paste. (see below, the original message) > To run a script (perl, shell, tcl, ....) you have always 2 methods : > usually to test you use : > the_shell the script > but if you want to mimic a system command, you can turn the script > executable with the chmod command. Using bash, it should work if the first line of the perl script is #!/path/to/perl -perl_switches but otherwise you'll get 'name-file.pl: print: command not found' for the first perl command (print for instance) that bash doesn't recognise. > I work under UNIX since 1981 and I don't believe that, even under linux, > someone changes it. > If you have a problem with one or an other method, you musn't accuse the > method. I will accuse the method if it is sometimes wrong and it might mislead a beginner. > > > > > > But best is to read the perl documentation 'man perl' and follow > > pointers. > > This has nothing to do with perl, the way you can use scripts for a given > interpreter is system dependant You should have said so in your first email, your suggestion will not always work with bash. BTW which shells can execute such a script without the first identifying line? Dermot -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
