> > > Firstly, the abuse of 'cat' as I suggested is quite wonky, indeed. > I still sometimes do it like that though, for no reason other than typing > quicker than I think at times. > > > Sounds like you don't have . in your path or haven't rehashed > > since you created the file 'script.pl'. > > I just wanted to say quickly that I'd recommend *not* ever taking '.' into > your path - when someone wants you to execute something and places it into a > directory where both have write rights and names it like the binary you're > supposed to call, it's going to get executed first.
I would agree that there are good reasons to not put '.' in your path. It was relevant to the question, but I should have added the warning about that comment. Doing ./script.pl < textfile is the solution. Also didn't mention that script.pl needs to have the proper line at the start. Probably #!/usr/bin/perl or wherever the questinoer has perl installed presuming from the file name that it is a perl script. ////jerry _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
