#!/usr/bin/perl

    use strict;
    use warnings;

    my $file = '....';   # Command with special characters.

    my $pid = open my $kid => "-|";

    die "fork() failed: $!\n" unless defined $pid;

    unless ($pid) {
        exec {$file} $file or die "exec() failed: $!\n";
    }

    while (<$kid>) {
        print;
    }

    __END__