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[NYDAz]

do you guys know how can I run a command in linux like I would run in windows cmd ?

Could it be the terminal ?

 

[vsloathe]

Yes.

[vsloathe]

Let me know what you need to do.

I am a command line ninja, trying to work my way up to command line fu master.

[NYDAz]

Let me know what you need to do.

I am a command line ninja, trying to work my way up to command line fu master.

tell me master splinter ....

how can I run a perl script .pl file like I could run on cmd !

 

best regards for you ... and try to find the way to become the ONE !

[nutballs]

hehe. this one I know!

Assuming you have perl installed...

go to the directory where the file is,
./filename.pl

thats it. though it also needs to be executable.

or do the full path to it at the prompt.
/a/b/c/filename.pl

linux needs a folder name to start from...
./ mean "here"

[arms]

hehe. this one I know!

Assuming you have perl installed...

go to the directory where the file is,
./filename.pl

thats it. though it also needs to be executable.

or do the full path to it at the prompt.
/a/b/c/filename.pl

linux needs a folder name to start from...
./ mean "here"

this is also assuming you have the correct shebang line (the first line in the script - on ubuntu it should be #!/usr/bin/perl) and that the file is executable (chmod +x filename.pl).

i think you can also do:
perl "/home/loser/path/to/script/filename.pl"
or the following if the file is in or below you home folder (it should be):
perl ~/path/to/script/filename.pl

i am a command line waterboy.

[perkiset]

I'm only a journeyman commandster, unlike Yoda VSloathe. However the best way to see where anything like PERL or PHP interpreter is is simple, "which PERL" - the answer will be the path to the executable that will be in charge.

Side note, this is a very handy way to see if you're actually using the interpreter that you think you are. When I got my first Power Mac, I compiled PHP 5.0 on it - at the time, OS-X was distributed with 4.3.4. Nothing worked correctly and all was a mess - until I  , did a which PHP and saw that the instance running was not my compiled instance. "which phpize" also helps.

So in wrapping up, the first line of a PERL script that you want executable should be #!(the full path to the PERL interpreter) ... just the same as it would be #!/usr/local/bin/php or whatever for PHP.

Then, as NBs says you'll want to chmod 755 (at least) to make the file actually executable.

[vsloathe]

Yeah chmod +x to mod the file to be executable. As Arms said you need to tell the shell where the interpreter is with the shebang.

Provided perl is in your path (should be if you installed it using apt), just do

Code:

perl [script_name]

where [script_name] is the name of your script. Shouldn't even need to specify the absolute path.

It's always easiest to execute a file if you're in the same directory to just go:

Code:

./filename

The ./ means "here, and not in my path" just in case you have conflicts. Call me oldschool.

[nop_90]

you could try ipython.

[arms]

you could try ipython.

oh fuck that's awesome.
i can use python as my shell.

[NYDAz]

 

I forgot to tell you that works ... thanks

  

you're the best