Hi All, I am trying to execute a small script using adb commands on windows PC, however I see that there is a memory increase whenever I make a call to "system" command. Could you please let me know how can I make sure that the memory doesn't increase (I am looking at the memory information in task manager). Here is the sample code: 
#! /usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;

print "########## memory usage of perl start of execution ###########\
+n";
system("tasklist | grep perl");
print "##############################################################\
+n";

for(my $iter = 0; $iter < 5000; $iter++){
        system("adb devices");    
    print "iteration Completed : $iter\n";
}

print "########## memory usage of perl end of  execution ###########\n
+";
system("tasklist | grep perl");
print "##############################################################\
+n";

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I am using perl 5.18. the output from the above command looks like this: 
########## memory usage of perl start of execution ###########
perl.exe   14456 RDP-Tcp#0                  1      9,580 K
##############################################################

########## memory usage of perl end of  execution ###########
perl.exe   14456 RDP-Tcp#0                  1     68,420 K
##############################################################

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From the output it looks like the memory increased quite a lot during the program execution.

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