[~] perl -e 'use GetWord;$a=Get_Word();print"$a\n";' Enter command > abc your command was abc [~] perl -e 'use GetWord;$a=Get_Word();print"$a\n";' Enter command > o ->auto generated->one [~] perl -e 'use GetWord;$a=Get_Word();print"$a\n";' Enter command > tw ->auto generated->two