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i did tried that but after executing the statement which creates a new shell, the script exits and i get a prompt.

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Re^5: new shell - perl
by moritz (Cardinal) on May 07, 2008 at 11:30 UTC
    You don't have to create a new shell in the script that changes the environment: 
    # File foo.pl:
$ENV{FOO} = 'bar';
exec 'perl', 'bar.pl';

# File bar.pl:
print $ENV{FOO}, $/;

# launch it:
$ perl foo.pl
bar

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