You should have done: % perl -e 'print("Hello, World!\n");' ;-) bscott at ntisys.com wrote: > On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, at 10:08pm, sconce at in-spec-inc.com wrote: > >>Python hacker >> >>'Hello, world.' > > > Transcript of my shell session: > > $ cat > hw.py > 'Hello, world.' > ^D > $ python hw.py > $ > > What did I do wrong? >