/tmp>cat shebang.pl #!/usr/bin/perl -w # ^- note: Shebang on second line, first line is empty! use strict; use warnings; print 'Hello\n'; /tmp>chmod +x shebang.pl /tmp>./shebang.pl ./shebang.pl: line 5: use: command not found ./shebang.pl: line 6: use: command not found ./shebang.pl: line 8: print: command not found /tmp>