How do I write a simple Perl script?

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Windows

First, open a text editor like Notepad or Notepad++.
Write the code in the text editor and save the file with .pl extension.
Open commandline and Run the command perl -v to check if your Perl’s latest version has been installed properly or not.
To compile the code type perl HelloWorld.pl.

How do I write a Perl program in Windows?

Write and Run Your First Script. All you need to write Perl programs is a text editor.
Write Your Script. Create a new text file and type the following exactly as shown: #!usr/bin/perl.
Run Your Script. Back at the command prompt, change to the directory where you saved the Perl script.

Can you use Perl on Windows?

Perl on Windows. Perl does not come pre-installed with Windows. To work with Perl programs on Windows, Perl will need to be manually downloaded and installed. ActiveState offers a complete, ready-to-install version of Perl for Windows.

Is Perl scripting easy?

Is Perl difficult to learn? No, Perl is easy to start learning –and easy to keep learning. It looks like most programming languages you’re likely to have experience with, so if you’ve ever written a C program, an awk script, a shell script, or even a BASIC program, you’re already partway there.

Is Perl like bash?

Bash is a Unix shell and command language which is commonly used for system administration tasks whereas Python/Perl/Ruby is used for general-purpose programming. But all of these can handle all kind of problems and all have different strengths over the rest.

Which Perl is best for Windows?

There is no single-best Perl distribution. Vanilla Perl (relocatable, redistributable Perl), and it’s more-developer-friendly Strawberry Perl have significant potential. However, there is a very good reason why ActivePerl is so very popular.

Why is Perl hard?

Perl is often referred as “write only language” because you only understand what you are doing in a moment of writing the code. A moment after you look at the line and wonder what it does. Perl syntax allows to create very hard to read code. And reading and understanding the code is very important part of learning.

Is Perl used anymore?

In 2020, it’s easy to write off Perl as a language whose heyday has passed. But the reality is that, more than thirty years after its first release, Perl remains not only alive but still evolving (hello Perl 7!).