> echo 'print "Hello Perl\n"' | perl does the same as "echo ''" - nothing.
also the following does "nothing": echo 'print "Hello Perl\n";' > my.pl perl my.pl What has happened to my perl binary/perl environment? >try >echo 'print "Hello Perl\n"' | perl > >perhaps you're thinking of pythons REPL ? > >I sort of like >perl -de 1 >to interact with perl > > >On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM Michael via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> >wrote: > >> After running cygwin-setup and updating all cygwin-packages, perl no >> longer seems to work (or maybe a coincidence). >> >> Executing "perl" without any argument normally let perl wait for input >> from stdin/keyboard. >> But it immediately returns to the prompt (same behavior as 'echo ""'). >> I can do >> perl >> perl -v >> perl -e 'print "Hello Perl\n"' >> >> same result for all 3 of them (equal to 'echo ""'). >> >> $ which perl >> /usr/bin/perl >> >> $ file `which perl` >> /usr/bin/perl: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows, 12 >> sections >> >> $ cygcheck -c perl >> Cygwin Package Information >> Package Version Status >> perl 5.40.2-1 OK >> >> downgraded to previous version - same result. >> >> $ cygcheck -c perl >> Cygwin Package Information >> Package Version Status >> perl 5.40.1-1 OK >> >> executing e.g. sed or awk return the "Usage:"-page as normal >> any idea? >> >> -- >> Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html >> FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ >> Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html >> Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >> -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
