Hi all.

I don't know why this "game" came to me but I had some time to waste and thought it'd be funny.

Basically have two scripts, 1.pl and 2.pl. Both are identical in nature except they both call each other. I begin the script by calling perl 1.pl.

The idea is the script counts, then passes that number to the other script and then it ++s it and counts, then passes it back and forth. Each one counts then passes. However you can type during it.

The problem is I can't get $cmd_cnt to add. Each time you type something and hit enter I want it to ++ so it displays the next @funny. This is the only part I can't get to work, each time I enter something it goes back to 0.

Can you help? 
use warnings;
use strict;

my $pid = fork();

my $cnt = shift;
my $cmd_cnt = shift;
defined($cnt) or $cnt = 0;
defined($cmd_cnt) or $cmd_cnt = -1;

my @funny = ("shut the hell up, I'm counting here!", "you talk too muc
+h, human!", "if you speak again I'll hurt you!", "die die die die die
+ diedie die die die die diedie die die die die diedie die die die die
+ diedie die die die die diedie die die die die diedie die die die die
+ diedie die die die die diedie die die die die diedie die die die die
+ diedie die die die die diedie die die die die diedie die die die die
+ diedie die die die die diedie die die die die diedie die die die die
+ diedie die die die die diedie die die die die die", "there you said 
+something, happy now?");

if ($pid) { #parent process
  while(1) {
    $cnt++;
    print "PC1: $cnt\n";
    sleep 1;
    system("perl 2.pl $cnt $cmd_cnt") or die "Error $!";
exit;
  }
} elsif (defined($pid)) {
  #child process
  while (my $command = <STDIN>) {
   chomp($command);
   $cmd_cnt++;
print "you said: $command\n";
print "PC1: $funny[$cmd_cnt] $cmd_cnt\n";
    sleep 1;
    system("perl 2.pl $cnt $cmd_cnt") or die "Error $!";
exit;
  }
} else {
}

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