>could some1 tell me whats wrong with this how come its not returning to >the browser? > > >#!/usr/local/bin/perl >print "content-type: text/html\n\n"; Replace >print <<'ending_print_tag'; with print <<ending_print_tag; (i.e., don't use the single quotes) ><HTML> ><HEAD> ><TITLE>FIRST CGI</TITLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY> ><H1>THIS IS A TEST</H1> ></BODY> >ending_print_tag -John Boswell