#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $List = "/bin/ls"; my $tmp = "/tmp"; my $var = "/var"; my ($Results1, $Results2); &DoList($List, $Results1, $Results2, $tmp, $var); print "Tmp is\n$Results1\n"; print "Var is\n$Results2\n"; sub DoList { my ($List, $Results1, $Results2, $tmp, $var); ($List, $Results1, $Results2, $tmp, $var) = @_; $Results1 = `$List $tmp`; $Results2 = `$List $var`; return( $Results1, $Results2); }