#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use CGI qw(-no_debug :standard);
my $q = new CGI;

print $q->header; # prints default 
                  # content-type, 
                  # which is text/html

# rest of progam...

__END__

 Notes: qw(-no_debug :standard) is
 for disabling command line input
 and only importing the standard 
 functions in CGI.pm, instead of
 ALL of them -- which you probably
 don't need.

 $q is the same as $query in your 
 example. You can name that variable
 anything you wish. 

 $q is your new CGI object, -> means 
 your actually pointing to a function
 in CGI.pm. the text after the -> is
 the function you would like to use.

 i.e. $q->header;

      This is your new CGI object ($q),
      referencing the header() 
      function in the 'standard' set
      of functions that you imported 
      from CGI.pm.

 Finally, test your program, as you go,
 from the command line like so, to test 
 for errors:

 /path/to/perl -wc <program_name>

 (where <program_name> is the name of
 your script.)

 Cheers!

Can you explain that a bit more? I dont know what to do with the code you gave me...
or tell me where to get that CGI.pm thing at?
Thanks!

CGI.pm should already be installed on your system as it comes with Perl, I believe. Do perldoc CGI to see if it's installed. It's a Perl module that gives you nice and easy access to all of the CGI parameters passed in to your script.

You should put

use CGI;
my $query = new CGI;
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at the top of your script before you do anything like

my $name = $query->param('name');
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