#!/usr/bin/perl my($JAVA_CLASSPATH) = @ARGV; $java_command = "java -classpath $JAVA_CLASSPATH TextEntry"; system("$java_command 2> /dev/null &"); $kid = `ps aux | grep "$java_command" | grep -v 'grep'`; $kid =~ s@^.*?\s+([0-9]+).*@$1@s; END { if ($kid) { kill 9 => $kid; # bang }; }; print "pid is: $pid\n\npress return to exit...";