#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $param1 = 'whatever';
my $param2 = 'whoever'; 

my $programtorun  =  'program_name';
my @parameters    =  ( $param1, $param2  );   
my @cmdline       =  ( $programtorun, @parameters );
system (@cmdline);  # will run cmd, and then return to script 
#exec (@cmdline);   # will replace currently running script