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Hello World! on Mac

Step - Create the Perl script

Copy the two-line Perl program below into your favorite text editor and save the file as hello.pl.

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Hello, World!\n";

You can save the .pl file anywhere.
However, you may want to create a special working folder for this course in which you will save all of your scripts.

Open MacPerl. Select Run Script from the Script menu.
From there, you will be prompted to select a file. Navigate to hello.pl and click Open.
The program should run and print:

Hello, World!

If this program is not working, you may want to consult the application documentation carefully before posting a message to the forum.
Chances are it's a problem with the installation.