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I need to call a long perl script from a shell program..it needs to be like that, since the shell program is very big. any ideas? i'm new to this stuff,help!!
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Re: NEW! perl script inside a shell script??
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 25, 2013 at 18:05 UTC
    (I realize I'm responding to an old post) #! /bin/sh # the shell script can be arbitrarily long echo $SHELL echo line filtered by pearl | perl -x $0 exit # the previous line must not be removed (this is a void in the script as the shell nor perl will execute) # the following must not be removed #! perl # it can also be the full path of perl - the -x only looks for a #! and perl on the line though. # the following perl script must be come last but can be arbitrarily long while (<>) { s/pearl/perl/; }
Re: NEW! perl script inside a shell script??
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 25, 2013 at 18:08 UTC

    (sorry, I didn' know this would line-wrapt)
    (I realize I'm responding to an old post)
    #! /bin/sh

    # the shell script can be arbitrarily long

    echo $SHELL
    echo line filtered by pearl | perl -x $0

    exit
    # the previous line must not be removed

    (this is a void in the script as the shell nor perl will execute)

    # the following must not be removed
    #! perl
    # it can also be the full path of perl - the -x only looks for a #! and perl on the line though.

    # the following perl script must be come last but can be arbitrarily long

    while (<>) {
    s/pearl/perl/;
    }