I have a function defined in my .profile that is similar to the following: 
foo()
{
print $1
}

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I can execute it from the command line just fine... 
% foo bar
%bar

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However if I try and execute it from within Perl... 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

$foo=`foo bar`;
print $foo;

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Here's what I get... 
%foo.pl
Can't exec "foo": Permission denied at x.pl line 3.
Use of uninitialized value in print at x.pl line 4.

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I've tried using "system" and "qx" rather than bacticks but to no avail.
Anyone know how to accomplish this?

In reply to Executing ksh function from within perl script by hodag

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