ECHO test.bat file starting....
perltest1.pl
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 EXIT /B %ERRORLEVEL%
perltest2.pl

##</code><code>##

use strict;
use warnings;

open my $fh, "<", "bogus file" or die "unable to open  file $!";

##</code><code>##

use strict;
use warnings;

print "this is test2";

##</code><code>##

C:....PerlProjects>perltest1.pl
unable to open  file No such file or directory at C:......\PerlProjects\perltest1.pl line 4.

C:....PerlProjects>IF 2 NEQ 0 EXIT /B 2