in reply to Can't open Perl output from within Nautilus

This isn't really a problem with Perl, but try using the "less" command with the full path of the file you want to open. You'll have to open the console/terminal application for that (or try hitting CTRL-ALT-F1 on your keyboard and logging in from there). 

less /home/hweefarn/mail/myfile

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Nautilus is the Gnome Desktop's file manager. It probably either has no file type detection, or has it turned off. That means it is, like Microsoft Windows, probably looking for a filename extension (e.g. '.txt') to identify the type of file you are opening. (Konqueror in the KDE desktop does a pretty good job of this, but I don't have Gnome handy where I am right now, so I can't just tell you the settings you'll need).

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Allolex

PS: Instead of "\/", try using '/'.

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Re^2: file problem (mailcap)
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Dec 25, 2003 at 17:02 UTC
    Actually, all sane software on a Unixoid system should be using .mailcap and .mime.types (see man 5 mailcap and man 5 mime.types). Last I checked, this was the case for the filemanagers (and other tools) of both desktops.

    Makeshifts last the longest.

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