Running a perl script

bobfinners · 06-23-2005, 05:48 PM

I just downloaded a perl script called multpsx.pl, it is supposed to output some long multiplication questions to a postscript file. However i dont know how to run this file, does it need to be installed or does it need a command to run?

Thanks in advance,
Bob

trickykid · 06-23-2005, 06:18 PM

Either you need to make it executable and run it by just typing the path to this file or you can tell your system it's a perl script by doing this:

$ perl multpsx.pl

And of course, make sure you have perl installed on your system and the script points to the correct location for perl.. usually in /usr/bin/