Re: I can see my perl code - script isn't executing

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I had a similar problem once or twice and took me ages to find out that if you edit a file on (most) windows editor and then try to run it on linux, the extra <LF> at end of line prevents the correct interpretation of #!/usr/bin/perl

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Re^2: I can see my perl code - script isn't executing by Bloodnok (Vicar) on May 17, 2008 at 13:08 UTC
... but this not unexpectedly, normally results in a 'not found' error being returned by the shell. At last, a user level that best describes my experience :-))	[reply]

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