Re^2: Unable to see environment variable set

Actually this question in perlfaq8 might be a more apposite pointer.

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Re^3: Unable to see environment variable set by Anonymous Monk on Jul 21, 2008 at 18:45 UTC
I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my changes to be visible?	[reply]
Re^4: Unable to see environment variable set by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Jul 22, 2008 at 10:50 UTC
Use a shell script and, depending on whether you're running csh (some do;-) or a variant on the Bourne shell, either `source file` or `. file`. HTH , At last, a user level that overstates my experience :-))	[reply] [d/l] [select]