Running Perl Script from Command Line?

Question

I have perl express 2.5 loaded on my server. I would like to be able to run my perl scripts using a command line so they can be scheduled rather than manually bringing up the script in Perl Express and clicking on the run command. Is there a way to execute the script from a command line using this version of Perl or do I need to download a newer or more robust version of the Perl Engine.

Answer 1

You need to export the Perl interpreter (usually named perl) to your path. Then you can simply do

perl path/to/script.pl

In UNIX-based systems you are also able to run the scripts directly if you prepend

#!/usr/bin/perl

to the scripts and give them executable permissions (you might need to replace /usr/bin/perl with the path to your Perl interpreter).

Answer 2

You just need to give perl command and the path of your perl script. example :

D:\Project\dir>perl <path_of_perl_script .pl>