Not too bad, if you've read perlman:perlipc. Here's a little demo that (only works on Unix?) prints out everything you send to it. Astute applicants will know where to go from here: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $FIFO = "$ENV{HOME}/pipe";

while (1) {
    unless (-p $FIFO) {
    unlink $FIFO;
    system('mknod', $FIFO, 'p')
        && die "Can't make pipe $FIFO: $!";
    }

    open (FIFO, "$FIFO") || die "Can't open $FIFO: $!";
    while (<FIFO>) {
        chomp;
        print "Command sent: $_\n";
    }
    close FIFO;
}

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This creates a new named pipe in your home directory named, appropriately enough, pipe. You can echo commands to it or attach it at the end of any pipe. It's not terribly exciting, but it's the basics of what I think you want to do.

In reply to Re: give perl an email by chromatic
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