my other scripts run fine using:

#!/usr/bin/perl

with or without any switches. so maybe it's my permissions:

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stys [/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables] % ls -al ./
total 880
drwxrwxr-x 57 root admin 1894 Jul 5 22:11 ./
drwxrwxr-x 5 root admin 126 Mar 27 09:29 ../
-rw-rw-rw- 1 jstys admin 6148 Jul 5 21:37 .DS_Store
drwxrwxrwx 4 root admin 264 Jul 5 14:37 Members/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 12848 Jul 5 22:10 cp.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 363 Jul 5 14:34 cp_announce.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 594 Jul 5 14:34 cp_bans.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 244 Jul 5 14:34 cp_cache.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 911 Jul 5 14:34 cp_email.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8781 Jul 5 14:34 cp_forums.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 1206 Jul 5 14:34 cp_index.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 20581 Jul 5 14:34 cp_lib.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 1004 Jul 5 14:34 cp_prune.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 2553 Jul 5 14:34 cp_styles.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11934 Jul 5 14:34 cp_users.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 1166 Jul 5 14:34 cp_wordlets.cgi*
-rw-r--r-- 1 jstys admin 3662 Jul 5 22:11 file
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 222 Jul 5 22:10 hello.cgi*
-rw-rw-r-x 1 root admin 5398 Jun 29 18:15 printenv*
-rw-rw-r-x 1 root admin 757 Jun 29 18:15 test-cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 25065 Jul 5 22:11 ubb6_test.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 10210 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_edit_post.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 9789 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_forum.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 6734 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_forum_summary.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 3661 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_get_topic.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 20560 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_lib.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 2758 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_lib_2.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 2971 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_lib_misc.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 22111 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_lib_posting.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 6445 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_lib_time.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8345 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_new_reply.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 7412 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_new_topic.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 13978 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_profile.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 7846 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_registration.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 3070 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_search.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 16353 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_setup.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 3660 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_topic_maint.cgi*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 10179 Jul 5 22:10 ultimatebb.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 63 Jul 5 14:36 vars_config.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 896 Jul 5 14:36 vars_display.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 132 Jul 5 14:36 vars_email.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 963 Jul 5 14:36 vars_forums.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 554 Jul 5 14:36 vars_misc.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 6 Jul 5 14:36 vars_mods.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 76 Jul 5 14:36 vars_pm.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 2804 Jul 5 14:36 vars_registration.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 106 Jul 5 14:36 vars_search.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 2132 Jul 5 14:36 vars_style_1.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 14 Jul 5 14:36 vars_style_sets.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 350 Jul 5 14:36 vars_template_match.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 122 Jul 5 14:36 vars_time.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 16147 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 2045 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets_cp.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 610 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets_date.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 15757 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets_email.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 11209 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets_err.cgi*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 824 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets_img.cgi*
What am i doing wrong??