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Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 18:36:00 +0000
From: Paul Walsh <paul@nation-net.com>
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Subject: Re: Perl scripts
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> > > What is the correct way to call the interpreter in a Perl script
> > > Does #!/usr/bin/perl not work ?
> >
> >  This should most definately work... so does:
> >
> > #! /usr/bin/perl
> >
> > If it is not... try running 'sh -xv {perlscript}' and see what it
> 
> Wrong. Running the script that way sh would try to execute the
> commands in it as shell commands. The #! line would be treated as
> comment.
> 

Problem SOLVED ! I didn't have #!/usr/bin/perl on the first line 
...ooops

Thanks all, Paul.