Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 09:11:38 +0200 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Perl #! syntax support Message-ID: <20010914091138.B12429@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <F76Y61LEdyt3cew8k69000105d9@hotmail.com>; from chrisquestions@hotmail.com on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 01:50:32AM -0500 References: <F76Y61LEdyt3cew8k69000105d9@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 01:50:32AM -0500, Chris Dritsas wrote: > Good Day, > > I am writing some perl and dont want to issue 'perl <filename>' at the > command prompt every time I wish to run my script. > > Reading Wall and Schwartz 'Progamming Perl', I find mention to my issue; "On > systems that support the #! syntax for specifying the name of an > interpreter, you can put a magical line at the front of the file so that the > operating system knows what program to interpret your file with, like this: > #!/usr/bin/perl" > > My system seems to not be supporting this syntax '#!'. My scripts run fine > when I issue 'perl <filename>' at the command prompt. > > Any ideas how to make my system support this syntax? > It must be the very first line in the file. Have you typed the path to perl correctly ? I don't use csh/tcsh so I don't know about them (although I can hardly imagine it does not work in them) but it certainly works in sh/bash. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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