Bug 9310

Summary:	" #! /usr/bin/perl " FAILS (take any interpreter for the perl location)
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	hyperbyte
Component:	basesystem	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.0	CC:	rvokal
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Hardware:	i386
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Description hyperbyte 2000-02-10 17:01:41 UTC

HI,
I'm a newbie to linux, and so I may perhaps make a stupid mistake, but...

I read that if I add "#! /usr/bin/perl" to the top of a perl script (or
any script if it just points to the script interpreter), and if I "chmod
+x" it, that it will be executable, and will automatically run the perl
interpreter if i execute it.

It does not work, and I think it is fairly important. I already checked if
it points to the perl-path, and the scripts work if i do "perl [script]"

but when I just execute the script i get "command not found" or something
like that.

PLEASE help me!

Thanx in advance,
Peter Martijn Kuipers

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2000-02-10 19:36:59 UTC

I can't reproduce this here; perl scripts seem to run OK.

What does rpm -V perl say?

Comment 2 Bruce Wayne 2000-02-14 18:50:59 UTC

Is the "#!/usr/bin/perl" line the very first line of your file.
It must be the first line.