Maybe the home directory is encrypted? I don't really know. 
:~/scripts/perl$ mount
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
tmpfs on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mo
+de=0755)
none on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw)
systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,
+none,name=systemd)
/home/myuser/.Private on /home/myuser type ecryptfs (ecryptfs_check_de
+v_ruid,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16,ecryptfs_unlink_sigs
+,ecryptfs_sig=cdf62344e76957d1,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=88d715cd172f27b9)

:~/scripts/perl$ ls -l /home/myuser/scripts/perl/
total 248
-rwxr-xr-x 1 myuser myuser  5962 Jul 10 15:16 flash.pl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 myuser myuser  5962 Jul 10 15:16 flash2.pl
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   183 Jul 10 14:54 asdf.pl
drwxrwxr-x 2 myuser myuser 90112 Oct  9 11:04 flash

:~/scripts/perl$ ls -l /usr/bin/perl
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 10416 Mar 27  2014 /usr/bin/perl

:~/scripts/perl$ file /home/myuser/scripts/perl/flash.pl
/home/myuser/scripts/perl/flash.pl: Perl script, ASCII text executable
+, with very long lines

:~/scripts/perl$ head /home/myuser/scripts/perl/flash.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use DateTime;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use Data::Dumper;
use DBI;

#Get yesterdays Date

:~/scripts/perl$ /usr/bin/perl -le 'print "Hello, World"'
Hello, World

[download]

In reply to Re^7: Crontab "Can't open perl script", " No such file or directory" by Anonymous Monk
in thread Crontab "Can't open perl script", " No such file or directory" by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.