"...I'll program my editor..." hippo

hippo is almost always right. An example for emacs as real monks use emacs, you know ;-)

;  $Id: perl-skeleton.el,v 1.2 2017/07/14 17:13:34 karl Exp karl $

(define-skeleton perl-skeleton
  "...soft like butter, fits like a glove...."
  (nil)
  "#!/usr/bin/env perl\n\nuse strict;\nuse warnings;\n\n\n__END__\n")

(global-set-key [f6] 'perl-skeleton)
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Load the file with:

M-x load-file
Load file: ~/path/to/perl-skeleton.el
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Create a new file with C-x C-f and then f6 - or what ever your binding is and you get:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;


__END__
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Best practice is to put the code from perl-skeleton.el in your .emacs file.

Unfortunately i don't know a solution for your favorite tool, but i'm sure that there is something similar.

Best regards, Karl

Minor update: Changed path to the elisp file

Update: Possibly a little nice/helpful addendum:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

#     $Id: perl-skeleton.pl,v 1.3 2017/07/16 20:35:29 karl Exp karl $

use strict;
use warnings;
use Path::Tiny;

my $file = shift || q(./hello_world.pl);

die qq($file already exists!) if -e $file;

my $mode = q(u+rwx);

path($file)->touch->chmod($mode);

my $emacs    = q(/usr/bin/emacs);
my $skeleton = q(perl-skeleton);
my $command  = qq($emacs $file -f $skeleton -f 'save-buffer');

exec $command;

__END__
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