i am a new learner in perl. I just downloaded and installed ActivePerl 5.10.1 with default option in windows xp.
I want to run this script
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "content-type: text/html \n\n";
print "Hello, Perl!";
However, I don't know where to type it and how to run it. Please show me step by step in ActivePerl. Tks a lot.
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when i double click on the file, it guess it run and close immediately. When I run by command line, it can display
D:\PERL>script.pl
content-type: text/html
Hello, Perl!
D:\PERL>
oh can you show me one simple example and how to run line by line in debug mode? by that way i can have a feel in my program. Thanks.
To debug:
perl -d script.pl
When you start, it'll tell you the current line number, and show the text on that line. To single-step, type "s" (without quotes), then enter. If the line generates output (in your case it does), that output will be displayed, then the debugger will display the next line to be executed. Again, enter "s" then enter to single-step.
To see other debugger commands available, enter "h" then enter.
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by: MikeHolcombPosted on 2009-11-06 at 15:44:23ID: 25764084
You'll want to insert your perl commands into a text file and save it with the .pl extension. For example, you could name the file script.pl.
When you're ready to run the script, simply double-click on the file in Windows Explorer or launch from a command line.
Hope this helps - and welcome to Perl!
Mike