in reply to Help with processing command line arguments

It sounds like you are using something DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME. You can't run scripts just by typing their name - you have to pass the script file name into perl first. This looks something like C:\SRC> perl myscript.pl add 1 2. I think you're typing something like C:\SRC> myscript.pl add 1 2 instead. Or at least that's what I get from your error message.

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Re: Re: Help with processing command line arguments
by mt2k (Hermit) on Dec 15, 2002 at 23:55 UTC
    Depends. If you've got a file association set up with perl scripts (or more correctly put, an extension, such as '.pl'), then a call to perl is not necessary. But in his case, I believe you are correct in a way: I don't think he has a file association set up for the extension he uses for his scripts.

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eval reverse@{[lreP
=>q{ tsuJ\{qq},' rehtonA'
,q{\}rekcaH },' tnirp']}[1+1+
1,1-1,1+1,1*1,(1+1)*(1+1)];
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      Oh but it is, it is! The problem is that the DOS/Windows versions I've listed don't have a command shell powerful enough associate file extensions with an interpreter. Remember - you're restricted to command.com here.

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        You can use start to get file-associations from the command line, as in start file.pl 1 2 3. (However, this will launch perl in a sperate process and window.)

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