categorized answer QandAEditors <p>If you want the PID, STDOUT, and STDERR, use [mod://IPC::Open3].</p> <p><b>Example:</b></p> <code> use IPC::Open3; local (*IN, *OUT, *ERR); my $pid = eval{ open3( \*IN, \*OUT, \*ERR, 'my_command', 'my_command_args' ); }; if ($@) { warn ($@); } ## capture your output, if needed... ## wait on the pid... wait( $pid, 0 ); </code> 78523