#!/usr/local/perl510/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; use IPC::Open3; my @plist = ( '/usr/bin/cat /etc/motd' ); sub ccmexec_nodie { my $command = $_[0]; my ($mystdin,$mystdout,$mystderr); my $pid = open3($mystdin,$mystdout,$mystderr,$command); my $myresult = ""; while(<$mystdout>){ $myresult = "$myresult$_"; } return $myresult; } print 'Before: ', Dumper \@plist; foreach ( @plist ) { print Dumper ccmexec_nodie $_; } print 'After: ', Dumper \@plist;