How can I run a Perl script on Mac OS X?

Question

How do I run a Perl script on OS X?

I honestly can't find the answer anywhere! Presumably I have to run a command in Terminal but what?

(I know this is a real basic and stupid question)

Answer 1

You can run your Perl script by invoking the Perl interpreter and giving your file as input:

perl myprogram.pl 

Answer 2

The easiest way to run a perl script is with the option:

perl myprogram.pl 

However, you may find it more useful to add a shebang line at the top of the perl file.

#!/usr/bin/perl print "Hello World!\n"; 

In order to execute this script, you need to add execute permissions to your program. Run:

chmod +x myprogram.pl 

Now, in order to run your script, you can simply type:

./myprogram.pl