use IPC::Open2 qw(open2); my $pid = open2 ">&STDOUT", my($w), 'perl -ne print' or die $!; print "pid: $pid\n"; print {$w} "hello world! ($_)\n" for 0..9; close $w or die $!; print "waiting for slave process\n"; waitpid $pid, 0 or die $!