re: hello world execution error

kuladeep has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks

When I was trying to execute "hello world" basic program through my xp2 windows. I am getting an error message " can't open the perl scrip "hello1.plx": no such file or dictionary "

I gave the path in the right way. like c:\BegPerl>perl hello1.plx

Still I couldn't understand why it is not executing ??!!

Can anyone help me with this??!! I am stuck up here

Thanks

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Re^2: hello world execution error by Anonymous Monk on Aug 12, 2011 at 04:16 UTC
Because the file isn't there :) `$ dir /b nofile.plx File Not Found $ perl nofile.plx Can't open perl script "nofile.plx": No such file or directory $ echo die 6; > nofile.plx $ dir /b nofile.plx nofile.plx $ perl nofile.plx 6 at nofile.plx line 1. $ del nofile.plx $ dir /b nofile.plx File Not Found $ perl nofile.plx Can't open perl script "nofile.plx": No such file or directory` [download] perlintro, perlrun, Behind the GUI lives the Shell	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: hello world execution error by kuladeep (Initiate) on Aug 12, 2011 at 04:41 UTC
The file is there!! I have created a file with the name hello.plx in the folder BegPerl and try to execute it in the same path. Still it is showing the error " no such file found" I am sure the file is in the right path I specified :( Is it because I am running windows xp on a mac book?? Is that might be a problem.	[reply]
Re^4: hello world execution error by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 12, 2011 at 05:40 UTC
The file is there!! How do you know it is there? That is, how are you seeing it? My guess is that you are seeing it in the Windows Explorer. And that you have the Explorer option "Hide file extensions" enabled. And that the file is actually named 'Hello1.plx.txt'. To be sure, use the `dir` command. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: hello world execution error by armstd (Friar) on Aug 13, 2011 at 02:59 UTC
Re^6: hello world execution error by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 13, 2011 at 03:44 UTC
Re^4: hello world execution error by Anonymous Monk on Aug 12, 2011 at 04:52 UTC
The file is there!! Except that it isn't -- if dir/perl both tell you the file isn't there, then it isn't there, no matter how sure you are. Is it because I am running windows xp on a mac book?? Is that might be a problem. The shell session I quoted was made on XP	[reply]
Re^4: hello world execution error by tej (Scribe) on Aug 13, 2011 at 07:02 UTC
The file is there!! I have created a file with the name hello.plx in the folder you are saying you have saved file with name "hello.plx" and then I gave the path in the right way. like c:\BegPerl>perl hello1.plx The name of the file and the file you are trying to call from command line are probably different Hope this helps you	[reply]