Because the path is probably not correct ..
do a 'which perl' and replace the /usr/local/bin/perl thing with that.
also, is the executable flag on??
--jaju
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Kush Desai wrote:
> guys i need advice for this ...........
> i was trying to do a bit of programming in perl...in all the books they say
> that include
> #!/usr/local/bin/perl as the first line and make the file executable.....and
> then execute it at the prompt..but this never works for me.....i have to
> type perl <filename> at the prompt for all my perl programs..why is
> this..why can't i make my progs execute by just typing the filename???any
> ideas?
>
>
