session_start() || shell access problem......

Hey all. I'm running a script from the command-line php interpreter as follows: (thanks to D. Souza for lead) $text = usr/local/bin/php /path/to/my/php/page.php; within the read file I want to enable sessions, so I session_start() at the top of the page: <? session_start(); ?> <? code to execute here....... ?> Regardless of how I mess around with placement of session_start(), I get a "Headers already sent". Why? Nothing has been output to the browser within the read file! Furthermore, if I create a test page with just: <?$text = usr/local/bin/php /path/to/my/php/page.php;?> Still receive "Headers already sent". My eyes are completely fried -- anyone feel like saving my vision? --Noah