Running Perl Script on Win32

sbdesalvo has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Running Perl Script on Win32 by tachyon (Chancellor) on Oct 02, 2003 at 04:12 UTC
Does this script take 2 enters to complete? `#!/usr/bin/perl print "Hello XP World\n";` [download] If not I suggest posting the problem code..... cheers tachyon s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Running Perl Script on Win32 by Roger (Parson) on Oct 02, 2003 at 07:19 UTC
You need to give a bit more information on your problem. Posting a snip of your code would be more useful. Otherwise we can only GUESS what's going wrong in your script.	[reply]
Re: Running Perl Script on Win32 by NetWallah (Canon) on Oct 02, 2003 at 06:03 UTC
1. Check your PATH looking for files named "perl.bat" or "perl.cmd". These may be running perl behind your back, and requiring an <ENTER> before they quit. 2. check your script for code similar to `<STDIN>;` [download] Which asks for keyboard input before it can proceed.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Running Perl Script on Win32 by sbdesalvo (Initiate) on Oct 03, 2003 at 00:18 UTC
I figured out the problem. I stole some code from a Unix Perl script that I wrote at work. In this code I capture the date via: $DATE=`date`;. This works without fault in Unix, but in W32 cmd.exe, the date command expects a response unless the /T switch is used. Thanks to each who replied.	[reply] [d/l]