Here is the basic code for forking another process. Have fun.

sub getProc { #do some stuff }

sub getInput {
    while(<FILE>) {
        # do some stuff up here...
        $childPid = fork(); #fork a process
    
        if($childPid == 0)
        {
            #okay, in the child
            #call getProc
            getProc();
        }
        else
        {
            # okay, we are in the parent,
            # so, let's continuing doing what we do
        } } }
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Jeremy