PID of the running Perl process?

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Okay, this is gonna be an easy one, but i don't manage to find it out in any man/FAQ/googleresult so here it is: how do i get the ID of the running perl process ??? I found getppid, great, but i just don't care of my father. I neither care of my group or anything.. WHO AM I ??? Thanks.

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Re: PID by tstock (Curate) on Oct 15, 2001 at 13:34 UTC
$$ holds the PID of the process	[reply]
Re: Re: PID by Anonymous Monk on Oct 15, 2001 at 13:46 UTC
Okay... Thank you very much :o)))	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: PID by tstock (Curate) on Oct 15, 2001 at 13:49 UTC
your welcome.	[reply]
Re: PID by MZSanford (Curate) on Oct 15, 2001 at 13:35 UTC
Hello, I am `$$`. Please use me, abuse me, and if you `use English`, you can even call me `$PID` ... just don't call me homework, for i am not your finite state machine. The requirements change because they don't know what they want, or how much they own you.	[reply] [d/l] [select]