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I have ported these instructions written by Ksoze (@ http://www.deny.de/kz/perl.html) to searchlores.org in October 2000

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Running Perl Scripts by Ksoze

In order to run a perl script, you must have a working perl interpreter for your OS.

• UNIX : Most Unix/Linux machines have a standard perl interpreter located in /usr/bin/perl or /usr/local/bin/perl
  (Refer to your Os web page if you cant find perl)
• Windows(9x or NT) : You have to download and install ActivePerl by www.activestate.com
  (I suggest you stay away from calling/contacting M$ for any known problem)

After you got a working interpreter, you can run perl scripts (default extension .pl) by :

• UNIX : $ ./script_name.pl [parameters]
  You must be sure the first line of the script points to the perl interpreter preceeded by a #!
  (ex. #!/usr/bin/perl)
• Windows : From a DOS PROMPT -> c:\path\to\perl.exe script_name.pl [parameters]
  Task : We want to run perl scripts in a faster way (linux like), that is we want to associate .pl extension to perl interpreter so we can start scripts this way :
  From a DOS PROMPT -> script_name.pl [parameters]
  Solution :
  From DOS PROMPT -> ftype perl=c:\path\to\perl.exe -w "%1" %*
  Then -> assoc .pl=perl
  (assoc /? and ftype /? to get help on those commands)
  (the -w param tells interpreter it has to report any found problem)

I am pretty sure perl stuff is also available for BeOs OS/2 Machintosh etc..

Perl installation must be done ONCE, after you can benefit the powerful of this great language forever.

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