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

[download]

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 '/'.

In reply to Re: file problem by allolex
in thread Can't open Perl output from within Nautilus by hweefarn

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