My "test.pl" script looks like this 
#!/usr/bin/perl

package test;

use strict;
use warnings;
use Switch;

sub new
{
    my $class = shift;
    my $self = {
        host => "127.0.0.1",
        server  => "localhost", 
        username  => "user1", 
        password  => "passwd",
        name  => undef,
        operation => undef
    }; 

    bless $self, 'Person';
    return $self;
}

sub echo
{
    my $self = shift;
    print $self->host;
}
1;

use test;

$eco = test->new();
$eco->echo();

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perl test.pl - yields the error:
Can't locate test.pm in @INC

Is it that a Perl class has to be always inside a .pm file?

In reply to A Class inside a Perl script? by harsha.reddy

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