REALLY n00b CGI question

[Shopgeek]

Goodafternoon,

Please excuse the CGI n00b question BUT, I just can't get it to run...

Script in question - perl.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Hello, World.\n";

It is saved in my public_html/cgi-bin subdir

When I attempt to run it using, via browser:

mydomain.com/cgi-bin/perl.pl

I receive an "Internal Server Error".

What blatantly obvious thing am I doing wrong?

Many thanks.

[Goddess Dix]

make sure you uploaded in the proper format, and check the permissions on the script. should be 755, most likely.

add: uploaded in ascii, not binary.

[Shopgeek]

Yeah, script perms set to 0755, and FTP'd using ASCII switch -- still gettin' Internal Server Error.

[GvilleRick]

Try adding the second line in the code below.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
print "Hello, World.\n";

[Shopgeek]

That got it. Thanks GvilleRick.