Re^2: Simple Text Manipulation

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I must be doing something wrong, when I type:

$perl script.pl file1.txt

I'm returned to the command prompt. I'm using mac os, if that makes any difference.

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Re^3: Simple Text Manipulation by Anonymous Monk on Feb 05, 2011 at 18:44 UTC
See perlintro, perlrun Look, I'm returned to the prompt also $ perl -e 1 $ [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Simple Text Manipulation by Anonymous Monk on Feb 05, 2011 at 19:41 UTC
I should have been more specific. I'm returned to the command line with no processing having been done to the file and no new file created.	[reply]
Re^5: Simple Text Manipulation by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 05, 2011 at 19:47 UTC
So, what steps have you taken to debug this? What code have you used? What input data?	[reply]

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