How to run the software Open up a command window or shell, then change directory into your Predict Games directory. Then type the following: perl Predict_Games.prl < NCAAFB_Scores.txt You will see scrolling text as the program reads in the *Scores.txt file and processes it. At the end of the program run you will see some data about all the teams. Also, three *.pov files will be created in your directory. Open up POV-Ray and run these files to see the graphical output. You can redirect the output of your program run to a file with the ">" symbol, like this: perl Predict_Games.prl < NCAAFB_Scores.txt > NCAAFB_070910.txt Here we have used the filename convention of specifying the sport, an underscore and the date in YYMMDD format, followed by ".txt". the YYMMDD format is best because it will sort all of your data files in order so that you can easily find the one you want later. This is much better than something like MMDDYY, where your files will get all jumbled together in time.