I have aperl script that does a series of processing and if a condition is met it executes a shell script. The shell script and the perl module live in the same directory location. However, I get the following error with its call. I have also tried a chdir before the shell script is executed and provide the path+shell_script (/dir/shell.sh)but the same error message every time.</P 

Can't exec "sh": No such file or directory at
    ../home/lib/dirA/perl_script.pm line 91 (#1)
(W exec) A system(), exec(), or piped open call could not execute the
named program for the indicated reason.  Typical reasons include: the
permissions were wrong on the file, the file wasn't found in
$ENV{PATH}, the executable in question was compiled for another
architecture, or the #! line in a script points to an interpreter that
can't be run for similar reasons.  (Or maybe your system doesn't suppo
+rt
#! at all.)

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shell script

chdir "/home/lib/dirA/";
system("sh shell_script.sh");

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I got curious so I built a simple perl script with only one command to call the same shell script and it completes without any error.

I have tried to research the warning errors but I have not found anything significant. Any insight is greatly appreciated.

In reply to call a shell script from a perl script by nirvanaPL

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