Your first script: Hello world - video
The first script you write: printing Hello World to the screen. Separate statements with semi-colons ;.
Separate parameters with comma: ,. Print newlines using \n.
#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; print "Hello world\n"; print 42, "\n";
chmod u+x hello_world.pl
See also the getting started article and the one about the sh-bang, she-bang or hashbang.

Published on 2015-01-26
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