my $forks = 0; foreach my $i (1..3) { if ($i == 1 && fork() == 0) { $forks++; print "Running first with $$ \n"; call_sub1(); call_sub2(); call_sub3(); call_sub4(); call_sub5(); call_sub6(); exit; } elsif ($i == 2 && fork() == 0) { $forks++; print "Running second $$ \n"; call_sub1(); call_sub10(); call_sub3(); call_sub13(); call_sub5(); exit; } else { if (fork() == 0) { $forks++; print "Running third with $$ \n"; call_sub1(); call_sub4(); call_sub5(); call_sub15(); exit; } } } for (1 .. $forks) { my $pid = wait(); print "Parent saw $pid exiting\n"; } print "done\n";