Unix Shell Scripts

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

Hello Perl Monks, I am trying to run a Unix ksh script from my perl script. What I find happening is that the perl program is interpeting the ksh script as a perl script and is failing. Can some one help me with this one. Here is an example of what I am doing: ` . ksh build.ksh `; or this system (". ksh build.ksh ");

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Re: Unix Shell Scripts by tachyon (Chancellor) on Feb 25, 2004 at 17:39 UTC
`/bin/ksh /path/to/script.ksh` or system( '/bin/ksh /path/to/script.ksh') [download] cheers tachyon	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Unix Shell Scripts by arden (Curate) on Feb 25, 2004 at 17:46 UTC
gsheehey, the period before ksh is what is killing you here. As b10m said, if you have your she-bang (`#!/usr/local/bin/ksh` for example) set right, you can just call the script (`system('build.ksh');` if it's in your path, otherwise `system('/home/gsheehey/build.ksh');`), if not, you'll need to call ksh first (same thing about the path).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Unix Shell Scripts by b10m (Vicar) on Feb 25, 2004 at 17:40 UTC
"Here is an example of what I am doing: ` . ksh build.ksh `; or this system (". ksh build.ksh "); I'd say, just make sure your hashbang in build.ksh points out to your `ksh` shell binary and try it like this: `system('/path/to/build.ksh');` [download] -- b10m All code is usually tested, but rarely trusted.	[reply] [d/l]