use warnings; use strict; system 'perl', 'call.pl'; #### use warnings; use strict; my $c = 1; while (1){ print $c++ ."\n"; sleep 1; } #### $ perl call.pl 1 2 3 4 5 #### $ ps ax | grep called 29221 pts/9 S+ 0:00 perl called.pl #### 6 7 ^C #### $ ps ax | grep called