this is the code ive written so far! i would be grateful if somebody could show me how to stop it spawning off a heap of processes. 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
for(;;) #repeat forever
      
      {
      print "please enter a command\n"; 

      $cmd = <STDIN>; #get input from keyboard
       chomp ($cmd); #remove carriage return
       if ($cmd =~/^q$/i) #if cmd is quit
         {
          exit; #exit from program
          }
         else
          {
           
          if (fork== 0) #child process created
               {
               exec $cmd; #execute the command
               }

            wait; #wait for child process to terminate
              }
              }

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Edit by neshura

In reply to Runaway Forking Problem (was: simple perl2) by Anonymous Monk

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