#!/usr/bin/perl my($JAVA_CLASSPATH) = @ARGV; $LAUNCH_JAVA = $JAVA_CLASSPATH."/launch_java.sh"; open(FH, "$LAUNCH_JAVA $JAVA_CLASSPATH |") or die "Couldn't launch 'launch_java.sh': $! / $?"; my $kid = ; $kid =~ s@\n@@; END { if ($kid) { kill 9 => $kid; # bang }; }; print "pid: $kid\n\npress return to exit script...\n\n"; ; #### #/bin/bash java -classpath $1 TextEntry 2> /dev/null & echo $!