Executing a perl script from Windows 7

Peter Holsberg pjh42@pobox.com
Sun Mar 9 19:22:00 GMT 2014


Hi,

I have a perl script that I would like to execute simply by 
double-clicking on its name from a Windows filemanager window. (That is, 
I do not want to use the command line at all, nor do I want to use an icon.)

Eg, myscript.pl

I tried using this

#!C:\cygwin64\bin\perl.exe

as the first line in the script but when I double-click the script, 
Windows opens it in a text editor. (I suppose I have .pl associated with 
that editor!)

How do I fix this?

Thanks.

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