#!/opt/exp/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; foreach my $i (1..2) { _spawn($i); } sub _spawn { my $id = shift || die "Missing id\n"; my $pid = fork(); defined $pid or die "bad open (pipe/fork): $!\n"; # Have parent/child run their respective code... if ( $pid ) { # PARENT CODE... return; } else { # CHILD CODE... print "CHILD$id: My pid = $$\n" ; while() { print "CHILD$id: $_" }; exit } } __DATA__ 1: THIS IS YOUR PARENT SPEAKING... 2: THIS IS YOUR PARENT SPEAKING...