#!/usr/bin/env perl -l use strict; use warnings; use Capture::Tiny qw{capture}; use Try::Tiny; my $retvals_for; { my ($stdout, $stderr, $exit); try { ($stdout, $stderr, $exit) = capture \&run_external_command; } catch { die "FATAL! $_" if defined $_; } finally { print_results($stdout, $stderr, $exit); }; die "ERROR! External command failed.\n" unless $exit; } sub run_external_command { my $external_command = 'cat'; push @{$retvals_for->{command}}, $external_command; { my $cmd_pipe; push @{$retvals_for->{signal}}, 'SIGPIPE not received.'; local $SIG{PIPE} = sub { pop @{$retvals_for->{signal}}; push @{$retvals_for->{signal}}, 'SIGPIPE received.', @_; if (exists $retvals_for->{open} and $retvals_for->{open}[0]) { kill TERM => $retvals_for->{open}[0] if kill 0 => $retvals_for->{open}[0]; my $close_ok = close $cmd_pipe; if ($close_ok) { push @{$retvals_for->{signal}}, "Closed pipe: $close_ok"; } else { push @{$retvals_for->{signal}}, "Can't close pipe: $!, $?"; } } die 'SIGPIPE received.'; }; my $pid = open $cmd_pipe, '|-', $external_command; if (defined $pid) { push @{$retvals_for->{open}}, $pid; } else { push @{$retvals_for->{open}}, "Can't open pipe: $!"; return 0; } my $print_ok = print $cmd_pipe "password\n"; if ($print_ok) { push @{$retvals_for->{print}}, $print_ok; } else { push @{$retvals_for->{print}}, "Can't print pipe: $!"; return 0; } my $close_ok = close $cmd_pipe; if ($close_ok) { push @{$retvals_for->{close}}, $close_ok; } else { push @{$retvals_for->{close}}, "Can't close pipe: $!, $?"; return 0; } } return 1; } sub print_results { my ($stdout, $stderr, $exit) = @_; print 'STDOUT:'; print defined $stdout ? $stdout : ''; print 'STDERR:'; print defined $stderr ? $stderr : ''; print 'EXIT:'; print defined $exit ? $exit : ''; print 'Return Values'; for my $source (qw{command open print close signal}) { print ucfirst($source), ':'; print for @{$retvals_for->{$source}}; } }