On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 12:47:56PM -0700, Kevin Kempter wrote: > >I have tried 'perl mapivi072_Linux.exe' but get the error: > >Unrecognized character \x7F at mapivi072_Linux.exe line 1. > > > >What am I doing wrong? Or is it not me? > > > >Dotan Cohen > > > >http://English-Lyrics.com/ > >http://Song-Lyriks.com/ > > This is just kind of a shot in the dark, but are you sure that isn't an executable file of some kind? If it's a PERL script, then you should be able to open it up in your favorite text editor and look at it. If it's a bunch of weird symbols and "garbage" it's probably a binary. Why anyone would name a binary for a Linux box .exe I have no clue. Most PERL scripts would be .pl. If the file is executable you can run it by prepending a ./ to the file name, i.e. ./mapivi072_Linux.exe Just found the project on Sourceforge and you got the Linux binary, the the PERL part. I just did a cursory look. To make the file executable "chmod +x mapivi072_Linux.exe" if it isn't execuable. Check with ls -l mapivi072_Linux.exe. Patrick