Why can't I execute my Perl script?

[Speed]

When I go to my CMD and type myperlscript.pl

I get "Unrecognized Character at Column 12 /xe2"

I am using notepad UTF-8 btw, is there a better text editor to do this with?

[martinthurn]

You could try adding the following to the top of your program

use utf8;

But it would be better to just make sure your program does not contain any non-ASCII characters outside of literal strings.

And most importantly, WHEN YOU ASK A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM, SHOW US THE PROGRAM SO WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WE CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW TO FIX IT.