#! perl -slw use strict; use threads; sub thread { my $output = ''; open CMD, '-|', q[ perl -E"say( qq[$$:saying $_] ), warn( qq[$$:warning $_\n] ), sleep(1) for 1 .. 4" 2>&1 >nul ] or die $!; $output .= $_ while ; close CMD; return $output; } printf "Got\n'%s'\n", $_->join for map threads->create( \&thread ), 1 .. 4; __END__ C:\test>t-junk Got '34456:warning 1 34456:warning 2 34456:warning 3 34456:warning 4 ' Got '32700:warning 1 32700:warning 2 32700:warning 3 32700:warning 4 ' Got '19172:warning 1 19172:warning 2 19172:warning 3 19172:warning 4 ' Got '22176:warning 1 22176:warning 2 22176:warning 3 22176:warning 4 '