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Old 09-17-2009
how to call a bash script using perl

Hi
I m new to perl. I m trying to write a perl script that calls a bash script; does anyone have a script already that they can provide or help me out? Thanks a lot.
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Old 09-17-2009
Welcome to the forum adnan786.

There are a lot of ways in which you can call a shell script/command from perl script, such as you can use system, exec, or simply backticks. TMTOWTDI.

Reading out Process Management Chapter in Learning Perl would help you much definitely.
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Old 09-25-2009
thanks. i'll try that
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