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Old 10-09-2009
Question Perl script not working

Hi Experts!!

I have written a very simple script in perl.The script is :

HTML Code:
$ cat 1.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
 print "Hi there!\n";
When i ran the above perl script it is showing the following error:

HTML Code:
$ perl 1.pl
-ksh: cd: bad substitution
Can anybody,help on this ....as why this script is not working.. Smilie

Thanks in Advance!!

Amey
# 2  
Old 10-09-2009
Please post the output of the following commands:

Code:
type -a perl || type perl || which perl

and:

Code:
alias perl

 
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