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From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: Perl scripts
To: paul@nation-net.com (Paul Walsh)
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 14:24:41 +0200 (MET DST)
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> 
> What is the correct way to call the interpreter in a Perl script
> 
> Does #!/usr/bin/perl not work ?

Yes, this is the usual way. It should work provided that the script is
executable and /usr/bin/perl exists as executable.

> 
> Regards Paul Walsh
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de