Calling a Shell script from Perl

[starlight849]

Hi, I have a shell script that I'm trying to call from perl.. What is the best way to go about this?

I'm looping through a file in perl, passing a variable to the shell script, doing some stuff in the shell script, then need to return to perl and move on to the next line.

Any advice would be appreciated..

[RonB]

Does the Perl script need to capture any output from the shell script, or just execute it?

The system function or qx() operator is used to simply execute the script. If you need to capture the output, you'd use the ` ` backticks operator. There are other methods which can be used depending on your exact needs.

See: perldoc -f system

[starlight849]

It needs to simply execute it... Thanks for your response!!