You can probably manage with perl, using mkdir, and open to create files and directories.

In order to use shell scripts, however, you may use the back ticks (`command`), and perhaps system and exec (i'm not one hundred per cent on that - i'm not a unix guy).

the backticks will return the output, but if you want a real pipe, you should use

open (READ,"command |"); # this opens a pipe from 'command'
open (WRITE,"| command"); # this opens a pipe to 'command'
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-nuffin
zz zZ Z Z #!perl