Perl Script on Linux OS

[Perl Beginner]

Hello all,
I have written a pretty lengthy Perl script using Win32. Now i need to take this same script and run it on a Linux operating system. I'm not familiar with Linux at all, so I've been researching it for a few days. I feel like it's a little over my head. Or am I looking too much into it? Or maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.

Is there a straightforward way to convert this script and run it on Linux? Or can anyone direct me to a site that will explain how to do this?

Thanks,
Terra

[numberwhun]

Hello all,
I have written a pretty lengthy Perl script using Win32. Now i need to take this same script and run it on a Linux operating system. I'm not familiar with Linux at all, so I've been researching it for a few days. I feel like it's a little over my head. Or am I looking too much into it? Or maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.

Is there a straightforward way to convert this script and run it on Linux? Or can anyone direct me to a site that will explain how to do this?

Thanks,
Terra

The first thing you would need to do is insert the shebang line (the first line in the script on a unix system. It should read:

#!/usr/bin/perl 
 

That will tell the system what to use to run the script when it is executed. Next, you need to ensure that all paths reference Unix paths, and not windows. You are on a different OS now.

After that, you need to make sure the script is executable:

chmod +x <scriptname>
 

and then just run it using:

./<scriptname>
 

if you are in the same directory, or use the full path in place of the "./".

Hope that helps.

Regards,

Jeff

[Perl Beginner]

Yes Jeff! That helps a lot. I'm going to digest what you've said for a while. i may have more questions later.

Thank you!
Terra

[numberwhun]

Yes Jeff! That helps a lot. I'm going to digest what you've said for a while. i may have more questions later.

Thank you!
Terra

No problem Terra! Ask away when you are ready.

Regards,

Jeff

[KevinADC]

Hello all,
I have written a pretty lengthy Perl script using Win32. Now i need to take this same script and run it on a Linux operating system. I'm not familiar with Linux at all, so I've been researching it for a few days. I feel like it's a little over my head. Or am I looking too much into it? Or maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.

Is there a straightforward way to convert this script and run it on Linux? Or can anyone direct me to a site that will explain how to do this?

Thanks,
Terra

If the script is not meant to run exclusively in a Windows environment, but is a sort of general application, then converting should be pretty straight forward and in fact may not require you do anything besides add or change the shebang line.

On the other hand, if you are using Win32 modules the script will need to be modified to work on other operating systems.

[Perl Beginner]

If the script is not meant to run exclusively in a Windows environment, but is a sort of general application, then converting should be pretty straight forward and in fact may not require you do anything besides add or change the shebang line.

On the other hand, if you are using Win32 modules the script will need to be modified to work on other operating systems.

Yes, I thought about that. in my script i have created GUI windows using Win32::XMLBuilder, so i'm going to have to figure out how to create GUI windows for that operating system.

Terra