Re^2: printenv not displaying results

1 I tried using http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv.pl, but I get the same result 'page not found' http 400. I tried using localhost:80 also.

2 yes, I am getting 'page not found' error and there is http 400 besides it

oh vow, its running now. when I typed http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv.pl, it did run and asked me to run or save the printenv file. When I clicked on run, it just run but did not display any output on console. Why is that ? second time, I saved output on desktop and I can see printenv file on the desktop (without any .pl extension). when I click on this file, it just runs and does not open. When I open with notepad, then I can see the output. why is that ? why is there no extension on the output file ? There is no extension on the file in cgi-bin dir also. Its there as printenv. How does perl interpreter understand that this is perl file without .pl extension ? If I have pHp interpreter also set in the environment variable path, which ijnterpreter will execute this printenv file, which does not have an extension ?

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Re^3: printenv not displaying results by Utilitarian (Vicar) on Jan 12, 2010 at 08:15 UTC
An executable script starts with a call to the interpreter to be used, in this case something akin to `#!/usr/bin/perl` [download] This is the interpreter used to run the script. `print "Good ",qw(night morning afternoon evening)[(localtime)[2]/6]," fellow monks."`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: printenv not displaying results by Anonymous Monk on Jan 12, 2010 at 01:41 UTC
How does perl interpreter understand that this is perl file without .pl extension ? You're dealing with Apache, Apache decides what to call, how, and when.	[reply]