Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: calling perl script from shell script

That could be done like that:

#!/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
echo going to exit shell with $ret
exit $ret
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In this example we treat the return code of "echo" which is always 0 of course. But ist will also work when you remove the echoing and execute the perlscript instead.
pelagic

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: calling perl script from shell script by shilpam (Sexton) on Mar 29, 2004 at 08:28 UTC
I have already tried that bit of code. My code is as follows. `#!/usr/bin/sh cd dir_where_perl_pgm_exists perl my_perl_pgm.pl ret=$? if [ $ret -eq 0 ] then echo "Success" echo "FTP the report now" ftp -n << EOF open ftp_server user user_name password put some_file ls -l bye EOF else echo "Failure" echo "Exit the pgm" return $ret fi` [download] When I execute this code, it gives me error: syntax error at line 22: `end of file' unexpected	[reply] [d/l]
Re(+): calling perl script from shell script by pelagic (Priest) on Mar 29, 2004 at 09:16 UTC
... your EOF has to be alone and at the beginning of the line: `EOF` [download] and not `EOF` [download] pelagic ------------------------------------- I can resist anything but temptation.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re(+): calling perl script from shell script by shilpam (Sexton) on Mar 29, 2004 at 11:49 UTC
I have now separated the ftp part in a different shell script. And I call this script from the main script if the status of execution of perl script is success. Thanks a lot anyway!!!	[reply]