How to use Perl on Vista?

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  • Terrific
    New Member
    • Jan 2009
    • 3

    How to use Perl on Vista?

    Hi everyone,
    I have just began learning perl, and I am trying to download and
    install it onto my Windows Vista computer. I downloaded
    Activeperl, and I installed it, but when I try to save a document
    as .plx, my computer doesn't know how to open it, and it asks
    me if I would like to use my web service to find a program
    to run it with. Does anyone have any Idea what I should do?
    I am using this website as a tutorial for learning perl:
  • KevinADC
    Recognized Expert Specialist
    • Jan 2007
    • 4092

    #2
    Name the files with a .pl extension and see if that helps.

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    • Terrific
      New Member
      • Jan 2009
      • 3

      #3
      Ahhhhh, thank you very much, it worked out all good.

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      • Terrific
        New Member
        • Jan 2009
        • 3

        #4
        Oh, and how do I execute that command in command prompt?

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        • Laharl
          Recognized Expert Contributor
          • Sep 2007
          • 849

          #5
          If you mean to run a Perl script from the prompt, type 'perl scriptname' where scriptname is the name of the script and you're in the folder where the script is located. To change file names from the prompt...I think that it's rename oldname newname, but I'm not sure.

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