Hi, thanks for your advice. I did try this code: 
#updateQuotes.pl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Capture::Tiny qw(capture);

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
my $cmd = `C:\\batchfiles\\getUpdates.bat`;

my ($stdout, $stderr, $exit) = capture {
  system( $cmd );
};


print "stdout = $stdout<br> stderr = $stderr <br> exit = $exit";

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The batch file did execute....however I got the following output 
Error from open(IO::Handle=GLOB(0x1501b30), <&STDIN): Bad file descrip
+tor at C:/Strawberry/perl/vendor/lib/Capture/Tiny.pm line 107. Captur
+e::Tiny::_open(IO::Handle=GLOB(0x1501b30), "<&STDIN") called at C:/St
+rawberry/perl/vendor/lib/Capture/Tiny.pm line 184 Capture::Tiny::_cop
+y_std() called at C:/Strawberry/perl/vendor/lib/Capture/Tiny.pm line 
+357 Capture::Tiny::_capture_tee(1, 1, 0, 0, CODE(0x1cb9c8)) called at
+ C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mywebsite\admin\updateQuotes.pl line 11

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In reply to Re^2: How to execute external script from CGI by vskatusa
in thread How to execute external script from CGI by vskatusa

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