in reply to shell variables with Perl

Ah, the famous "it doesn't work". Why do you say that it doesn't work? Did it call in sick? Is it on strike? Did you feed it in the morning? Did you clean its stables?

Without telling us what you did, what you expected it would do, and what it eventually did, we can only guess. I can imagine a couple of scenarios where it would fail - I can also imagine a couple of scenarious where it wouldn't fail. Details, details, details.

Abigail