Re^2: Execute a Perl code without ".pl" extension

This isn't completely true

1) This will only work if the perl executable is in /usr/bin/ (which just happens to be the most popular place to put it).

2) It is not necessary to rename the script as *nix doesn't care about extensions.

Comment on Re^2: Execute a Perl code without ".pl" extension
Re^3: Execute a Perl code without ".pl" extension by moklevat (Priest) on Mar 10, 2006 at 02:03 UTC
Fair enough, but even though *nix doesn't care what the file is named, the OP wanted to know how to do `$ ./myperlcode param > someoutput.txt` and the original script was named myperlcode.pl.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Execute a Perl code without ".pl" extension by Moriarty (Abbot) on Mar 10, 2006 at 02:53 UTC
My personal preference is to leave to ".pl" in place as it tells me that I can edit it as a normal Perl script.	[reply]
Re^5: Execute a Perl code without ".pl" extension by thor (Priest) on Mar 10, 2006 at 04:25 UTC
At least where I'm sitting, "executables" are sometimes compiled, sometimes perl scripts, sometimes shell scripts...you get the idea. I use the "file" command to tell me what's what. And hey...file uses magic...really. The file that stores the heuristics that it uses for guessing is /etc/magic. :) thor `The only easy day was yesterday`	[reply]