#! perl -slw use strict; our $BIG ||= 60e3; our $LIL ||= 1e6; my( @biguns, @liluns ); push @biguns, pack 'NA338', scalar @biguns, 'X' x 338 for 1 .. $BIG; push @liluns, pack 'NA40', scalar @liluns, 'Y' x 40 for 1 .. $LIL; system qq[tasklist /fi "pid eq $$"]; ; __END__ C:\test>618996 -BIG=60e3 -LIL=1e6 Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage ========================= ====== ================ ======== ============ perl.exe 2340 0 123,984 K C:\test>618996 -BIG=120e3 -LIL=2e6 Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage ========================= ====== ================ ======== ============ perl.exe 2656 0 246,096 K