Re: Simple Perl "Shell" Script on Windows XP to Run Multiple, Simultaneous Processes in Parallel

Something like this?

use strict;
use warnings;

my $cmd = 'some_command';
my @args = qw(arg1 arg2 arg3 ... argN);
system("$cmd $_) foreach @args;
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The doc on the system call:
system

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Re^2: Simple Perl "Shell" Script on Windows XP to Run Multiple, Simultaneous Processes in Parallel by Jim (Curate) on Jul 29, 2009 at 04:29 UTC
Thanks, but where's the background execution part? Jim	[reply]
Re^3: Simple Perl "Shell" Script on Windows XP to Run Multiple, Simultaneous Processes in Parallel by laminee (Novice) on Jul 29, 2009 at 06:03 UTC
Proc::Background could help you in executing processes in the background.	[reply]
Re^3: Simple Perl "Shell" Script on Windows XP to Run Multiple, Simultaneous Processes in Parallel by elTriberium (Friar) on Jul 30, 2009 at 00:04 UTC
You can modify it to: `system("$cmd $_ &") foreach @args;` [download] The "&" starts the process in the background.	[reply] [d/l]