Re^2: source a file in Linux using perl script

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#!/usr/bin/perl

use POSIX;
use String::ShellQuote qw(shell_quote);

unless (defined $ENV{CTC_HOME}) {
  $ENV{DONT_LOOP_FOREVER}++ or die "infinite loop detected";
  exec "source ~/.bash_profile && ".shell_quote($^X, $0, @ARGV);
  POSIX::_exit(255);
}

chdir($ENV{CTC_HOME});
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Though, I have to admit I prefer the simpler shell wrapper solution given by Corion.

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Re^3: source a file in Linux using perl script by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 30, 2020 at 09:50 UTC
I think the one drawback of re-executing yourself like that is that you lose Perl command line switches like `-Ilib` etc. ... There is Devel::PL_origargv, which gives you the original command line, but I'm not sure that I would want to go such an esoteric length when a shell script can do the same.	[reply] [d/l]

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