#!/usr/bin/env perl -l use strict; use warnings; use LWP::Simple; use Parallel::ForkManager; my @urls = qw{ http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/ww/m5v9.gif http://hooboy.no-such-host.int/ http://www.yahoo.com http://www.ora.com/ask_tim/graphics/asktim_header_main.gif http://www.guardian.co.uk/ http://www.pixunlimited.co.uk/siteheaders/Guardian.gif }; my $max_processes = $ARGV[0] || 8; my $pm = Parallel::ForkManager::->new($max_processes); print 'Start link checking.'; for my $url (@urls) { $pm->start and next; my ($type, undef, $mod) = head($url); if (defined $type) { print "PASS: $url"; print ' MOD: ', $mod || 0; } else { print "FAIL: $url"; } $pm->finish; } $pm->wait_all_children; print 'Link checking completed.';