Question : While running cgi/perl scripts the file is opening for download not executing the perl/cgi script

Hi,
               I have cgi/perl script while invoking it through html it is downloading, it not executing the cgi/perl script?I am doing a mini search engine?
The html file name is searchengine.html and perl script name search.pl
In the apache error_log file i find the following error message?

find: ./proc/7960/task/7960/fd: Permission denied
find: ./proc/7960/fd: Permission denied
find: ./proc/8303/task/8303/fd: Permission denied
find: ./proc/8303/fd: Permission denied
find: ./.mozilla: Permission denied
find: ./.kde: Permission denied ....

I have
1.placed the search.pl in cgi-bin directory
2.shebang has been written correctly
3.Search.pl have execute permissions
4.and have changed the owner of search.pl to root.

Help required
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Answer : While running cgi/perl scripts the file is opening for download not executing the perl/cgi script

From the command line do

dos2unix search.pl

Then check it by doing

./search.pl

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