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Thank you! I understand the security risks. These commands will be executed by the logged in user with his/her privileges. I will keep security in memory when attempting to deploy this in scale.
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Re^3: Perl as a command executor (with hash variable substitution)
by McA (Priest) on Mar 21, 2013 at 19:40 UTC

    Please don't deploy this. It's so ... evil.

    Tell us what you want to achieve. I'm pretty sure there are solutions where you don't have to sell your soul.

    McA

Re^3: Perl as a command executor (with hash variable substitution)
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Mar 22, 2013 at 00:20 UTC
    I will keep security in memory when attempting to deploy this in scale.

    Security will, indeed, be but a memory, and a faint one at that.

      Your response made me laugh during a meeting. Thank you for that. :-)