"newline.pl" Unfortunately, when I open up the terminal in Ubuntu, it doesn't work.

The first program I recommend to newbies on linux is mc.

Try learning with Midnight Commander.... for Ubuntu, it's "sudo apt-get install mc". With mc, you just hit Enter on a script, and it will run if the script's shebang line is properly set, and permissions are right. See mc homepage

The program mc, was one of the original filemangers for linux, before Xwindows became so prevalent. It handles permissions, has syntax highlighting for Perl scripts, contains a binary viewer/editor, etc.... a swiss-army knife for filesystems.

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth.
Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh

In reply to Re: perl can't find my script on ubuntu by zentara
in thread perl can't find my script on ubuntu by Samurai Monkey

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