[mythtv-users] Lost programs?

Carl Reynolds mythtv-users at hyperbole-software.com
Tue Nov 6 16:57:23 UTC 2007


Damian wrote:

> 
> 
> <snip...> 
> 
> I found a file called mythrename.pl and saved it to my destop, but running:
> 
> mythrename.pl --help
> 
> just said file not found (or some such error). Not sure if I've got the 
> right thing and scared of messing things up more.
> 
> I believe:
> 
> mythrename.pl --link /home/damian/links
> 

mythrename.pl should have a #! line in it so you can run it from the 
command line. Sometimes, however, even with the #! line and chmod == 
777, the shell doesn't recognize the file as an executable.

Try running it as
    $ perl mythrename.pl --link /home/damian/links



Carl.





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