Following are the numbered steps, that are needed to be followed for successful
execution of a Perl script :
1) Install Perl in your UNIX/ LINUX system ( get it from http://www.perl.org/get.html ),
if not already installed.
2) Open any text editor in your system and write the codes for the script.
3) Save the script by specifying a file name with a ".pl" or ".cgi" extension
( optional ). e.g: test.pl
4) In the above step the script file created can be stored in any location of your
system but try to save the file in the "cgi-bin" folder ( which is automatically
created at the time of Perl installation ) because then the script can also be run
as a CGI script if requirement arises.
5) Finally the script can be executed as follows:
- Go to the command prompt of your system and change directory to the location
where the script is stored.
- Type "perl file name.pl" and then hit
enter. e.g: perl test.pl
- or if running a CGI script, then open any web browser and type
"http://server_address/cgi-bin/" and then hit enter.
e.g: http://localhost/cgi-bin/test.pl
