$ cat ps_info.pl #!/usr/bin/perl @a = ( "one", "two", "three", "four", "five" ); for (1..50) { print $0 . "," .$a[$c%5]."\n"; $0 = $a[$c%5]; $c++; sleep 2; } exit; #### $ ./ps_info.pl ./ps_info.pl,one one,two two,three three,four four,five five,one one,two two,three three,four four,five five,one one,two two,three #### 5578 pts/5 S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl ./ps_info.pl