associate/register file extensions

gSalsero · 06-03-2004, 01:14 AM

I have searched in many places and I can't find an answer for this questions.

Is there a way to associate/register a file extension such as *.pl so that when I run a script called test.pl from the shell, I don't have to type "perl test.pl" just "test.pl".

Another question, windows has a PATHEXT environment variable is there something equivalent in Linux?

thanks for your help.

Oliv' · 06-03-2004, 09:07 AM

Hi,

you don't need such things... If your script is correct, I mean begin with:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

and has executable rights, then just type ./my_script.pl and it runs

About your windows question, I can't answer you as I dunno what PATHEXT represents

Oliv'

gSalsero · 06-03-2004, 03:57 PM

thanks, does that work with bash scripts as well

Oliv' · 06-04-2004, 03:29 AM

Of course, it works with Bash (#!/bin/bash)... and with a lot of other script languages like ruby...
about PATHEXT, I've done a quick search on it, and Linux doesn't provide such variable... But it would be easy to do it

Oliv'