// First Method
List<String> cmds = new ArrayList<String>();
cmds.add("perl");
cmds.add("/home/rwest/workspace/src/AppMaint/Utils/PerlUtil.pl");
ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(cmds);
pb.start();

// Second method
Process p = RunTime.getRuntime().exec("perl /home/rwest/workspace/src/AppMaint/Utils/PerlUtil.pl"); 
p.waitFor();