Essentially a perl script is just a text file and can have any extension you want. By convention .pl and perhaps .cgi are used for scripts and .pm for modules. The .t extension is used to denote perl test scripts, usually found in the /test dir of a module distribution.

C:\>type larry.wall
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Howdy World!\n";

C:\>perl larry.wall
Howdy World!

C:\>
[download]

On servers the file extension may be used to denote a certain type of file that is to be processed in a certain sort of way so restrictions may apply.

Have a look here for a good rundown on the use of .plx on M$ IIS. For FMTYEWTKAFE (far more than you ever wanted to know about file extensions) http://filext.com/

cheers

tachyon

s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print

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