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Asked: 2026-06-03T14:20:07+00:00

I need small virtual machine with a Web server, so I decided to install

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I need small virtual machine with a Web server, so I decided to install Damn Small Linux. I need to run a Web server that is hosting a site with a script that checks for a server’s IP address and returns it in a HTML page. So far I have something like this working:

Script file:

#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n" ;
print <<EOF ;
<html>
<head><title>CGI Results</title></head>
<body>
<h1>Hello, world.</h1>
</body>
</html>
EOF
exit ;

The script is called from HTML like this:

<iframe src="http://localhost/cgi-bin/skrypt.cgi" width="100%"></iframe>

It’s working fine, but whenever I add something to this script other than a print statement, for example:

my $address = "someValue"

… then the HTML page is not running the script but instead it is downloading it. What do I have to do to make this script work? I just need an IP address to appear on the Web page.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try to run your cgi script in the command line:

    perl -c my_script.cgi

    and if it is ok, try to run using strict and warnings activated.

    #!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;

    If there is no problem, look into the error log.

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