Same thing, but using an environment variable.

Here is the Makefile: 

> cat Makefile
SEED := ${shell perl -e 'print int rand 10_000'}
.EXPORT_ALL_VARIABLES:
.PHONY: all
all:
        @perl proc0
        @perl proc1

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Here is the 1st script: 

> cat proc0
use warnings;
use strict;
if (exists $ENV{SEED}) {
    srand $ENV{SEED};
}
else {
    die "Error: need a seed.\n";
}
print "$0 ", rand, "\n";

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Here is the 2nd script: 

> cat proc1
use warnings;
use strict;
if (exists $ENV{SEED}) {
    srand $ENV{SEED};
}
else {
    die "Error: need a seed.\n";
}
print "$0 ", rand, "\n";

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Now run it a few times: 

> make
proc0 0.0394185183840854
proc1 0.0394185183840854
> make
proc0 0.821407354044826
proc1 0.821407354044826
> make
proc0 0.697487873098911
proc1 0.697487873098911

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In reply to Re: Generating same seed between 2 processes by toolic
in thread Generating same seed between 2 processes by alih110

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