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Old 05-22-2008
Question shell to perl

hi all,
Can we change a shell script into a perl script instead of writing a fresh one in perl? Is there any utility present that can be used for this purpose?
please help me.

Thanks in advance..
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Old 05-22-2008
I suppose you could use the 'system()' function in perl to encapsulate your shell script - would that achieve what you want?
 
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