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What kind op OS do you run? On my Windows XP Pro and ActiveState Perl 5.8.8, these perl programs start with the usual (but on Windows not really needed) #!/usr/bin/perl -w

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Re^2: Executable perl programs
by j1n3l0 (Friar) on Mar 23, 2008 at 19:49 UTC
    Sorry, this is on a Linux machine. Although its the same on my Mac OS X and on Windows XP the cpan.bat file starts like this:

    @rem = '--*-Perl-*--
@echo off
if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto WinNT
perl -x -S "%0" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
goto endofperl
:WinNT
perl -x -S %0 %*
if NOT "%COMSPEC%" == "%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe" goto endofperl
if %errorlevel% == 9009 echo You do not have Perl in your PATH.
if errorlevel 1 goto script_failed_so_exit_with_non_zero_val 2>nul
goto endofperl
@rem ';
#!perl
#line 15
    eval 'exec C:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
    if $running_under_some_shell;

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