Perl 'bad interpreter' message

[tplassman]

I downloaded a free perl File upload script to my Fedore core 2 Linux box.

The script doesn't work. When I run it from the command line I get a "bad interpreter: no such file or directory" message. Yet if I a create a very simple perl script from scratch it works fine.

Any ideas on what might be wrong with the downloaded script or ideas on how I might get more detailed debug information would be welcome.

Thanks
Tom Plassman

 

[PaulTEG]

bad interpreter: no such file or directory

The path to perl could be wrong in the downloaded script

which perl

from the command line should give you the right path to perl, and make sure that's reflected in the shebang line in your script
#!/usr/bin/perl <<shebang line

Paul
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[tplassman]

Not so simple I'm afraid.

which perl

produces the same value as contained in the script.

Tom

 

[icrf]

check your line endings, if there's a windows newline at the end of your shebang, linux apache won't read the path correctly

- Andrew
Text::Highlight - A language-neutral syntax highlighting module in Perl
also on SourceForge including demo

 

[tplassman]

That was it. On Solaris those bad characters stand out like a sore thumb but 'vi' on the linux box didn't show them.

Thanks
Tom

 

[icrf]

Good to hear. VI was just trying to be helpful, you know. ;-)

- Andrew
Text::Highlight - A language-neutral syntax highlighting module in Perl
also on SourceForge including demo

 

[ishnid]

Vi? Helpful? HA! ;-)

 

[icrf]

Shush, you!

- Andrew
Text::Highlight - A language-neutral syntax highlighting module in Perl
also on SourceForge including demo