ack, don't know much about perl - how do i start it?

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jvaska

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Jan 23, 2004

• #1

i'm trying to figure out how to enable (or turn on) my perl stuff on panther?

i can't find anytthing on the web about this...

oh yeah, i've got 5.8.1 on my machine...preinstalled...just need to turn it on...i'm guessing...

heeeeeeeelp...v

 

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mugent

macrumors newbie

• Jan 23, 2004

• #2

You don't really 'enable' perl, you just use it, like this.

perl MyPerlScript.pl

Moray

 

Westside guy

macrumors 604

• Jan 23, 2004

• #3

Also, if the execute bit is set on the script, you can just type ./MyPerlScript.pl and it'll run.

 

titaniumducky

macrumors 6502a

• Jan 23, 2004

• #4

Also you can use TextEdit.

At the top of your file type:
"#!/usr/bin/perl" w/o quotes

When you're done coding, open Terminal. cd into the correct directory. Then type "chmod +x _____" w/o quotes where _____ is your file name. Then type "./______" w/o quotes where _____ is your file name. BOOM!