On 23 April 2014 10:31, Gareth France <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23/04/14 10:27, Alan Lord wrote: >>> >>> So does anyone have any ideas about packaging up this script? I now have >>> information about how to package it for submission but I still need a >>> way to run the program from the command line without calling perl. >> >> >> If your script is executable and has the right "shebang" at the start you >> will not need to call perl. >> >> >> Al >> >> >> >> > The script is called seaward.pl, I want it to be run by simply typing > seaward. How do I achieve this? >
Make sure it's got the executable bit set, rename it seaward and make sure the first line is:- #!/usr/bin/env perl Put the file in your path and you're done. Cheers, Al. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
