Hi Lou,

1) you can run 'chmod' without being root, as long as you own the file

2) if '.' isn't in your path, you'll have to type ./phonetic.pl

3) the "command not found" error may indicate that the "shebang" (#!/usr/bin/perl) line is wrong - it's good to remember that in the future because it's a somewhat confusing error message, though technically accurate.

-Ken

On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 06:56 PM, Charlie Root wrote:

mrsparkle ellem ~/code $ phonetic.pl
bash: phonetic.pl: command not found
mrsparkle ellem ~/code $ sudo chmod +x phonetic.pl
Password:
mrsparkle ellem ~/code $ phonetic.pl
bash: phonetic.pl: command not found
mrsparkle ellem ~/code $ perl phonetic.pl
Enter some letters and numbers:  ASF19
alpha
sierra
foxtrot
one
niner

mrsparkle ellem ~/code $


What am I doing wrong? I'd like perl scripts to work without my typing perl first.
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