Ryan Dillinger wrote: > Hello All, Hello,
> I just recently loaded linux onto my laptop. Congratulations. > I hope this was not a bad move. Depends on your definition of "bad". > But I cannot find the Activstate Perl I downloaded. Every version of Linux that I have used already had Perl installed. > I am using openSUSE Linux. > I also am having trouble deciding which is the command line to open my > scripts. You probably want to use an editor. Look for an 'Editors' menu off the main menu. Or perhaps you want an IDE like KDevelop. > There is the : Gnome Terminal, the Konsole, the x Terminal, and the > Terminal Program - Super User Mode. Don't think it's that one for sure! Just about any terminal should work the same for running programs**. > I typed in the shebang line as such #!/usr/bin/perl then hit enter, > after that I just type the name of the file.pl in. Is there any basic > info on just what needs to be done in regards to saving a file to > where, then opening it up at the command line? Create your Perl program in an editor with "#!/usr/bin/perl\n" as the first line. Save it to a convenient location - $HOME/bin for frequently used programs, SuSE usually adds it to $PATH. To make the program runnable on its own: chmod 0750 yourprogram. If the program's location in not in the $PATH then you have to prepend the path to the program name in order to run it. For example: ~> mkdir ~/test ~> cd ~/test ~/test> vim myprogram # create/edit the program ~/test> chmod 0750 myprogram # make program executable ~/test> ./myprogram # run the program from the current directory ~/test> /home/ryan/myprogram # run the program using absolute path * Note that the SHELL expands ~ to $HOME ** You should only login as root (or Super User) when you really need to and not for everyday tasks. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
