Ahhh! That works perfectly! I thought I had tried that without success originally, but I clearly didn't. Thanks so much for the help in understanding this. This is definitely encouraging me to dabble more with multi-core processing of my work (which will be a big help and improvment!).

Also thanks for the tips and notes. As a burgeoning perl neophyte, I'm still learning my way around, and your notes are certainly helpful. Thank you again!