I need to fork child process for each array element. I'm using below code : 

 
#!/usr/bin/env perl
my $pid;
my @a = (1,2,3);
for my $i (@a) {
    print "i -> $i \n";
    $pid = fork();

    if ( $pid ) {
        # parent
        print " child pid : $pid \n";
    } elsif ( $pid == 0) {
        #child
        #print "child working on $i ";
    }
}
    
while((wait()) > 0) {};

exit

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but executing the code results in child processes more than the no. of elements in array. I don't know what's the problem. Output look like : i -> 1 child pid : 12629 i -> 2 i -> 2 child pid : 12631 i -> 3 child pid : 12630 i -> 3 child pid : 12632 i -> 3 child pid : 12633 i -> 3 child pid : 12634 child pid : 12635

In reply to fork child process by Anonymous Monk

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