Overview
Perl is a general-purpose interpreted programming language, originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and bioinformatics.
Available Versions
To find the available versions and learn how to load them, run:
module spider perl
The output of the command shows the available Perl module versions.
For detailed information about a particular Perl
module, including how to load the module, run the module spider
command with the module’s full version label. For example:
module spider perl/5.24.0
Module | Version | Module Load Command |
---|---|---|
perl | 5.24.0 | module load perl/5.24.0 |
The default Perl is required for system purposes and is generally too old for applications. We offer more recent versions of Perl as modules. To see all available versions, run
To load the perl/5.24.0 module, run this command:
module load perl/5.24.0
Example SLURM Script
#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH -N 1
#SBATCH -n 1
#SBATCH -t 01:00:00
#SBATCH -o output_filename
#SBATCH -p standard
#SBATCH -A mygroup
module load perl
perl myscript.pl