z/OS Perl

System Requirements

z/OS V2R1 and above
z196 and above
- z/OS UNIX with Enhanced ASCII activated

How to use:

Set environment variables
- Run the install.sh script to generate .env file.
- Then, source the .env file:

. $PERL_INSTALL_DIR/.env

Run perl --version to verify that the correct version is installed
Run a Perl "Hello World" program:
Create a hello.perl file with the following contents:

print("Hello, World!\n");

Run perl hello.perl