$ /usr/bin/perl -e 'print "Hello, world!\n"' Hello, world! $ /usr/not_bin/perl -e 'print "Hello, world!\n"' -bash: /usr/not_bin/perl: No such file or directory #### $ cat crap.pl #!/usr/not_bin/perl use strict; use warnings; print "Hello, World...\n"; $ ./crap.pl -bash: ./crap.pl: /usr/not_bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory