How to run a shell script from a Perl program?

dpraba3 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

i'm trying to invoke a shell script to print last n lines in the file. if my shell script is:

tail --11 Test.txt
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and the perl script contains :

system("tailsh.sh");
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I get a error message :

tail.sh is not recognized as internal or external command, operable co
+mmand or batch file.
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Do I need to have a unix shell before I invoke shell script from perl?

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Re: How to run a shell script from a Perl program? by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Jul 18, 2008 at 16:44 UTC
A few things: Check your `$PATH` variable, or be explicit where you are calling your script from (eg: `./tailsh.sh`. Make certain that your tailsh.sh script has execute mode turned on (see `chmod` for details) Make certain that you have a `#!/path/to/program` at the top of your tailsh.sh script, unless it can use the default shell without problems. --MidLifeXis	[reply] [d/l] [select]