I know this is not exactly a perl question, but I figured you guys were the fount of all knowledge and would probably be able to help me out. Anyway, the problem: I want to embed some perl code into a ksh script (rewriting the thing in pure perl is not an option at the moment, in that consistency of mediocrity is better than widely varying levels of quality). For example: 
#!/bin/ksh

USERNAME=`perl <<PERL
    use MyUtils::Database qw(ReadResource); 
    my %db_info;
    &ReadResource("\\\$ENV{RCFILE}", 
                  "REPORT", 
                  \%db_info); 
    print "\\\$db_info{USERNAME}";
PERL`

echo "USERNAME is $USERNAME"

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The problem is all those unsightly \\\ things to prevent the shell from interpolating the variables. I really hate them in there because I don't want to to confuse people that see that and expect a reference to be taken or something. Has anyone ever dealt with this before? I am looking for a solution that would directly allow perl code out of a perl program and plugged directly into a ksh file.

In reply to Questions about Calling Perl from a Shell... by TheOtherGuy

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