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Old 10-20-2010
Calling perl script in shell program
How to call a perl script in shell program / shell scripting.

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Old 10-20-2010
Any (well written) Perl program should probably have a shebang (#!/usr/bin/perl ....) in it.

In that case, call it as you would call anything else.
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Old 10-20-2010
Same as any executable, see "man 2 exec":

1) Naming: does not matter, but popular choices are:
  • no extension (can rewrite later in any tool, like C or java)
  • .pl or .perl (tells people what it needs and that it is text)
2) Finding:
  • To use just entry name (my_perl_cmd), must be in $PATH (PATH=$PATH:/my_additional_bin_dir_path -- relative paths not recommended )
  • Else (declasse even when developing), must give a good, explicit relative or absolute path ( /my_additional_bin_dir_path/my_perl_cmd ).
3) Calling:
  • To be called without mentioning PERL, must be executable to you in file mode, and have the interpreter full path (/usr/bin/perl or whatever) and optionally one argument after #! on the first line.
  • Else (declasse even when developing), you can call perl directly and pass the script as a command line argument [ programfile ], which requires it has any necessary path and probably only be file mode readable to you. If perl is not in your PATH, it needs a relative or absolute path.

Code:
$ man perl
Reformatting entry.  Wait...


 PERL(1)                         2001-12-07                          PERL(1)
 Perl Programmers Reference Guide           Perl Programmers Reference Guide

                                 perl v5.6.1



 NAME
      perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language

 SYNOPSIS
      perl [ -sTuU ] [ -hv ] [ -V[:configvar] ]
          [ -cw ] [ -d[:debugger] ] [ -D[number/list]]
          [ -pna ] [ -Fpattern ] [ -l[octal] ] [ -0[octal] ]
          [ -Idir ] [ -m[-]module ] [ -M[-]'module...' ]
          [ -P ] [ -S ] [ -x[dir] ]
          [ -i[extension] ] [ -e 'command' ] [ --
       ] [ programfile ] [ argument ]...

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