At 10:12 AM 8/9/01 -0600, Kent Mercer wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peter Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >How do I begin my first script?
> > >
> > >And how do I save it ?
> > >
> > >Something simple like "Hello World"
> > >
> > >Just started 2 days ago
> > >Need pointed in the right direction
> >
> > What platform are you on? Windows, Mac, Unix, VMS, Palm...?
Ah, okay, Windows ME. A la Mrs. Beeton, first, get your perl. Go to
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/ and download the
Windows MSI version (I'm guessing here that Windows ME has support for the
MS Installer; if not, get the Windows AS package.) Install it and accept
all the defaults.
Then, use Notepad to create a file called hw.pl containing the text between
the lines below:
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
print "Hello World\n";
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[Some people will argue about putting the use strict line in your first
program, but I say, you're going to put it in any program that does
anything useful, so why not get in the habit from the beginning.]
Then open a command prompt window to the same directory, and type
perl hw.pl
and tell us if that doesn't work.
--
Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
http://www.perldebugged.com
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