How do I write a simple Perl script?

Lets take a look a very simple Perl script: #!/usr/bin/perl print “Content-type: text/plainnn”; print “Hello world!”; Line 1 – This tells the web server where and what to pass the script to for processing.

How do I run a Perl script in Linux?

There are many ways to run Perl scripts on Linux:

1. Run the “perl” command with the Perl script included in the command line. …
2. Run the “perl” command with the Perl script supplied from the standard input stream. …
3. Run the “perl” command with the Perl script supplied in a file. …
4. Run Perl script files as commands.