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To: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com>
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Subject: Re: newbie getting started with perl
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David Banning wrote:

> I am trying a simple script in perl;
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
> print "Hello World!";
>
> the file is saved as hello.cgi and simply displays as it is above
> in my browser. I am wondering if something is not working or if
> I am missing something.
>
> thanks.
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Set exacutable permissions to this file and then run it. Try renaming
the file to .pl

Nick Lozinsky


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