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Is this code complete or did you just forget the fi?
Do a simple test like
/usr/bin/perl perlscript.pl
ret=$?
echo "Status String is $?"
if [ $ret -eq 0 ]
then
  echo "case A"
else
  echo "case B"
fi

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Your are testing the $? of the echo stmt ... ;))

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Re: Re: calling perl script from shell script
by shilpam (Sexton) on Mar 26, 2004 at 13:30 UTC
    I tried the piece of code you have posted, but it gives me error:
    ./new_script.sh: ret: not found
    Status String is 1
    ./new_script.sh: test: argument expected


    Then I declared ret as $ret=$?, then I got another error:
    ./new_script.sh: =0: not found
    Status String is 1
    ./new_script.sh: test: argument expected

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      Probably because you've got ret = $? or some other variant with spaces around the =. And the second is just plain wrong, as the $ is for interpolating in shell not a universal variable prefix. At any rate, it's not a perl problem; you need to look into something like Learning the bash Shell (ISBN 1565923472) or the Z shell intro.

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      Exactly what shell are you using? I run it on solaris, having used following code
      #!/usr/bin/sh
echo /usr/bin/perl perlscript.pl
ret=$?
echo "Status String is $?"
if [ $ret -eq 0 ]
then
  echo "case A"
else
  echo "case B"
fi

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      and it gave me 
      Status String is 0
case A

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        Thanks a lot!
        But how do I force it to exit with the status string?
        What I mean is that if the executing of perl pgm fails for some reason, I want it to be forced to exit the script. Else, if it is success, then ftp a file.
        exit $ret OR return $? doesn't work
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