Perl cmds doesn't work in Bash shell . Plz help - Shell Programming and Scripting

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 11-19-2008

first off :
change the shebang to be on the FIRST line of the perl script, in the first lefthand column.

Second: If that does not work, then

Code:

jmcnama> which perl
/usr/local/bin/perl

The which command tells you where perl lives. Change the first line to point to that:
I am making up something here, use what your system says:

Code:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl