You need to give us a little more info, to be able to help.
Show us the response to: 
ls -l /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/

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and 
sudo apache2ctl restart

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Also - did you paste in EXACTLY the code recommended at http://editrocket.com/articles/perl_apache_mac.html ?

Can you also show the output of: 

perl /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/test.pl

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Apache also keeps a log of requests made .. you should be able to locate
/var/log/apache/access.log and error.log.

Check the content of those files. (The location may be slightly different on a mac).

Apache configuration files located under /etc need to point to the CGI directory.

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In reply to Re: CGI on Mac OS 10.11 by NetWallah
in thread CGI on Mac OS 10.11 by Chuma

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