Code: $./s1Environment: LCALL = C, LANG = enUS.UTF-8(Versions displayed with local utility 'version')OS, ker rel, machine: Linux, 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5, i686Distribution: CentOS release 5.5 (Final)GNU bash 3.2.25specimen (local) 1.17cobc (OpenCOBOL) 1.0.0 start first:middle:last Whole: 5:0:5 of 6 lines in file 'hello,world.cobol'IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.PROGRAM-ID. HELLO-WORLD.PROCEDURE DIVISION.MAIN.DISPLAY 'Hello, world from open-cobol.' .STOP RUN.
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Cobol Compiler Windows
end-Results:(debug cobol install: COBOL is cobc: /usr/local/bin/cobc)(debug cobol install: LDLIBRARYPATH is:/usr/local/lib:)Hello, world from open-cobol.The CentOS 5.5 is the free version of RHEL 5.5.The install went smoothly, they provided more than 150 tests - all passed.There is another COBOL at SourceForge, TinyCOBOL. It appears to be more recently modified, but I could not get it installed (I only tried briefly).Good luck.