Try: ./octopus2span.pl best1.octopus

Commands that are in your current directory need to be explicitly marked with ./ so that nothing goes wrong if you have a command named ls or cd in your current directory.

Also: It is generally a good idea to only use root access when strictly necessary, as a normal user cannot mess up things outside their home directory.

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