#!/bin/perl use CGI; $query = new CGI; @keywords = $query->keywords; $timeframe = &trim(uc(@keywords[0])); $sp_action = &trim(uc(@keywords[1])); use LWP::Simple; $rundir = '/opt/oracle/CSMDB/LoadFiles'; $exe_dir = $rundir . "/Monthly/current_load"; $actual_cmd = "files_present.pl"; system($exe_dir . "/" .$actual_cmd . " " . $exe_dir . " " . $sp_action ); Second *.pl script called by script above: #!/bin/perl use CGI; $query = new CGI; @keywords = $query->keywords; $exe_dir = @keywords[0]; $time_frame = @keywords[1];