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# New Ticket Created by "Chris F.A. Johnson"
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On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> perl doesn't say "perl:"
> $ perl a
> Can't open perl script "a": No such file or directory
You can't remember what you typed on the previous line? :)
Besides, what else would be looking for a "perl script"?
> bash doesn't say "bash", and says 'a' twice:
> $ bash a
> a: a: No such file or directory
But if you didn't specify bash, it will tell you:
$ a
bash: a: command not found
> Both make it tough to figure out where the message came from, when
> seen amongst other messages.
>
> Only grep gets it right
> $ grep x a
> grep: a: No such file or directory
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