perl -ne 'system( "perl search.pl -pattern $_ -ignorecase c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\iprt")' mylist.txt #### $/ = q#(\w)# ; sub sig { print scalar reverse join ' ', @_ } sig map { s$\$/\$/$\$2\$1$g && $_ } split( ' ', ",erckha rlPe erthnoa stJu" );