Re: perl can't find my script on ubuntu

"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.

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Re^2: perl can't find my script on ubuntu by Samurai Monkey (Novice) on Dec 15, 2010 at 17:32 UTC
Excuse my ignorance, but is MC like Ubuntu? Or is it something FOR UBuntu that helps programmers run perl scripts?	[reply]
Re^3: perl can't find my script on ubuntu by zentara (Cardinal) on Dec 16, 2010 at 12:17 UTC
mc is a terminal mode filemanager, it is a program that runs in a terminal. Just start a terminal, and type mc,(then Enter), and it will run. Google for some tutorials on how to use it, but it is pretty self explanatory. It views, edits, and executes files as a start. I find it makes writing/debugging scripts easier, because you can quickly learn it, and it has hotkeys with many commands a linux system administrator would use. It is an old program, but many people still swear by it, as it runs without an Xserver, and works over ssh. It is often compared to the old Norton Commander, the msdos filemanager program. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply]