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+import os
+
+from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
+from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
+from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
+
+class PerlTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        src = os.path.join(cls.tc.files_dir, 'test.pl')
+        dst = '/tmp/test.pl'
+        cls.tc.target.copyTo(src, dst)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        dst = '/tmp/test.pl'
+        cls.tc.target.run('rm %s' % dst)
+
+    @OETestID(1141)
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['perl'])
+    def test_perl_exists(self):
+        status, output = self.target.run('which perl')
+        msg = 'Perl binary not in PATH or not on target.'
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+
+    @OETestID(208)
+    @OETestDepends(['perl.PerlTest.test_perl_exists'])
+    def test_perl_works(self):
+        status, output = self.target.run('perl /tmp/test.pl')
+        msg = 'Exit status was not 0. Output: %s' % output
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+
+        msg = 'Incorrect output: %s' % output
+        self.assertEqual(output, "the value of a is 0.01", msg=msg)