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use DateTime gives error

by pgmer6809 (Sexton)

on Mar 20, 2021 at 05:01 UTC ( [id://11129993]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml )

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This simple code

#/usr/bin/perl
#
use DateTime;
print "DateTime Loaded\n";
exit 77 ;
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Works if I run: perl tst_useDT.pl But if I just type: ./tst_use_DT.pl I get an error:

./tst_use_DT.pl: line 3: use: command not found

Error: no such file "DateTime Loaded\n"

What could be wrong? I did install DateTime twice; once using sudo to /usr/local and once to my own home directory. Could that be the reason? If so how would I delete the module from my homedirectory? thanks, pgmer6809

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Re: use DateTime gives error by haukex (Archbishop) on Mar 20, 2021 at 05:33 UTC
You're missing an exclamation mark in the very first line, after `#`. Update: That's causing the shell to think it's a shell script instead of a `perl` script, and the first error message you're seeing is actually from the shell trying to run a program called `use`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: use DateTime gives error - solved by pgmer6809 (Sexton) on Mar 20, 2021 at 15:58 UTC
I'm an idiot. It came to me as I was on the verge of sleep last night. I was hoping I could delete this before anyone noticed. :(! Thanks for the help. pgmer6809	[reply]
Re^3: use DateTime gives error - solved by haukex (Archbishop) on Mar 20, 2021 at 21:40 UTC
No worries, it happens to everyone `:-)`	[reply] [d/l]

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