perl in ksh

gfarhat has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

How can i use perl in a ksh script?

what im trying to do is

#!/bin/ksh
var=`command ....`
<perl script to process $var>
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i know i can write it all in perl. but i trying to find a way to write it all in ksh

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Re: perl in ksh by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 15, 2008 at 12:33 UTC
See perlrun about the `-x` switch. Or just write your Perl program as a separate file and launch that from your `ksh` script with `$var` as a parameter.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: perl in ksh by moritz (Cardinal) on Apr 15, 2008 at 12:34 UTC
`command ... \| perl your_perl_script.pl` [download] And in `your_perl_script.pl` read the data from STDIN.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: perl in ksh by sasdrtx (Friar) on Apr 15, 2008 at 13:33 UTC
What is the requirement for ksh? This would be logically simpler if you just made it all Perl. i.e. #!/bin/perl -w my $var = `command...` # ...whatever... [download] sas	[reply] [d/l]
Re: perl in ksh by Fletch (Bishop) on Apr 15, 2008 at 12:28 UTC
The Perl interpreter is an executable just like any other you would run from any shell. Consult perlrun for information on handy options such as `-e` which make running snippets of perl (aka "one liners") from other programs easy. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply] [d/l]