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If the #! line isn't correct then your code will be passed to /bin/sh, not Perl, and that's what produced the error messages.

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Re^4: It LOOKS right... by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 31, 2011 at 18:20 UTC
If the #! line isn't correct then your code will be passed to /bin/sh, not Perl No. `$ a.pl sh: ./a.pl: usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory` [download] and that's what produced the error messages. No. If the error messages originated from `sh`, they would look like $ . a.pl sh: =: command not found sh: ./a.pl: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `{' sh: ./a.pl: line 3: `if ($count <= 20) {' [download] or (requires changing shebang to `#!/bin/sh`) $ a.pl ./a.pl: line 2: =: command not found ./a.pl: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `{' ./a.pl: line 3: `if ($count <= 20) {' [download] The error the OP gave is indeed from `perl`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^4: It LOOKS right...
by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 31, 2011 at 18:20 UTC

If the #! line isn't correct then your code will be passed to /bin/sh, not Perl

No.

$ a.pl
sh: ./a.pl: usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
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and that's what produced the error messages.

No. If the error messages originated from sh, they would look like

$ . a.pl
sh: =: command not found
sh: ./a.pl: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `{'
sh: ./a.pl: line 3: `if ($count <= 20) {'
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or (requires changing shebang to #!/bin/sh)

$ a.pl
./a.pl: line 2: =: command not found
./a.pl: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `{'
./a.pl: line 3: `if ($count <= 20) {'
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The error the OP gave is indeed from perl.