Re: [PLUG] Re: Perl interpreter hangs

[ed nestor <ejn88@voicenet.com>]

Kevin Falcone wrote:

> >>>>> "en" == ed nestor <ejn88@voicenet.com> writes:
>
>   en> Recently I started my Perl interpreter only to find it just
>   en> hangs there and no prompt appears.  It has been working fine for
>   en> two years and all of a sudden this happens.
>
> Um, what do you mean by "just hangs"
>

I do not get the perl prompt.  The cursor just moves to next line and
hangs there.

>
> If you just type perl at a command prompt it will sit there waiting
> for input in the form of a perl program.
>

I know but you get the perl prompt don't you?

>
> Try something like perl -v or perl -le 'print "Hello"' to see if it is
> working at all.
>

perl -v ,works, but nothing else.


>
> -kevin
>

    - Ed

>
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