#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use IPC::Open3; use IO::Select; use Symbol; my $IN = gensym(); my $OUT = gensym(); my $ERR = gensym(); print "Running...\n"; my $pid = open3($IN, $OUT, $ERR, 'outerr.pl') or die $!; my $sel = new IO::Select; $sel->add($ERR,$OUT); my $data; while (my @ready = $sel->can_read) { foreach my $fh (@ready) { read $fh, $data, 8196; die "Error from child: $!\n" if ! defined $data; if (length $data == 0){ # No data read - child must be finished writing. $sel->remove($fh); next; } else { # read OK: print $data; } } } print "Done.\n";