i am using a script say script1.pl . in this script i am caaling other script say scriptp2. when the script1.pl is called for the first time the code for caaling script2.pl will be called, but from next time when ever script1.pl is called the code for caaling script2.pl should not be executed.

the code looks like this:

    in script1.pl 
    
        ..........
        
        system("perl script2.pl");

        ..........
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what i want is

        in script1.pl
        
        .....
        if ( some condition)
        {
            system("perl script2.pl");
        }
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here by condition i mean that only for the first time when i execute script1.pl script2.pl should be called and then after it should noy be called , every time if i call script1.pl

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