Downloaded Perl Scripts

[David Archer <dave learningmeasure org>]

I sometimes have a problem running downloaded perl scripts. If I type
something like "perl scriptname.pl" for one of these problem scripts, it
runs fine. When I try "./scriptname.pl" I get the following:

bash: ./scriptname.pl: No such file or directory

the first line does contain "#!/usr/bin/perl" just like my scripts that
run fine. I've run into this before, but never found a solution.
Retyping the script (if it is a short one) usually results in the script
working. This really isn't an option on longer scripts. I also do a
chmod 755 on all the downloaded perl scripts (to cover some of the
obvious questions).  I have tried this as root and as an ordinary user.

When trying to run these problem scripts from apache (with owner and
group set to apache) I get the following in  /var/log/httpd/error_log:

[Tue Feb 26 20:22:17 2002] [error] (2)No such file or directory: exec of
/var/www/cgi-bin/scriptname.pl failed
[Tue Feb 26 20:22:17 2002] [error] [client 24.234.44.166] Premature end
of script headers: /var/www/cgi-bin/scriptname.pl

Any suggestions?

thanks,

David Archer