my $diffFile = "$reportsPath/DiffReport.bash"; open (DIFFBASH, ">$diffFile"); print DIFFBASH "#!/usr/local/bin/bash\n#\n"; print DIFFBASH "cd $wrPath\n"; print DIFFBASH "cvs diff >> $reportsPath/diffReport.txt"; close (DIFFBASH); chmod 0775, $diffFile; # Run the bash file system "./$diffFile";