hey.pl

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

# The Perl Hey program: hey.pl
# A simple program to test that Perl is working on your system

# WI Bioinformatics course - Feb 2002 - Lecture 5

# Prompt the user for his name
print "What is your name? "; 

# Remove the newline character at the end
chomp ($name = <STDIN>);

# Print a greeting
print "Hey, $name, welcome to the Bioinformatics course.\n";