#!/bin/sh # If you are not passing bash var's into the PERL HEREDOC, # then single quote the HEREDOC tag perl -le "$(cat <<'MYPL' # Best to build your out vars rather than writing directly # to the pipe until the end. my $STDERRdata="", $STDOUTdata=""; while ($i=){ chomp $i; $STDOUTdata .= "To stdout\n"; $STDERRdata .= "Write from within the heredoc\n"; MYPL print $STDOUTdata; # Doing the pipe write at the end will save you warn $STDERRdata; # a lot of frustration. )" prints.txt 2>warns.txt #### #!/bin/sh set WRITEWHAT="bash vars" # If you want to include your bash var's # Escape the $'s that are not bash vars. perl -le "$(cat <){ chomp \$i; \$STDOUTdata .= "To stdout\n"; \$STDERRdata .= "Write $WRITEWHAT from within the heredoc\n"; MYPL print \$STDOUTdata; # Doing the pipe write at the end will save you warn \$STDERRdata; # a lot of frustration. )" prints.txt 2>warns.txt