Re: Running Entire Bash Script Inside Perl

Create a temporary file, and run that using system, or use pipe open (see perlopentut, perlipc), untested example

open SH, '|/bin/sh --some-switch-sh-understands--important' or die $!;
print SH <DATA>;
close SH;
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Re^2: Running Entire Bash Script Inside Perl by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 19, 2009 at 23:38 UTC
That doesn't address passing an argument to the script.	[reply]
Re^3: Running Entire Bash Script Inside Perl by Anonymous Monk on Jun 19, 2009 at 23:53 UTC
You're correct , the 2nd part doesn't, but first part does :)	[reply]