use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex); ... my $fileMd5 = md5_hex($text) . $ext; #### open(my $fh, ">", $fileMd5) or warn("Could not create ($fileMd5)\n"), next; #### if(system(mozilla => -remote => 'ping()')) { warn "mozilla not found!"; my $pid = fork; die "Couldn't fork: $!" if not defined $pid; exec { 'mozilla' } 'mozilla' if $pid == 0; } # and changing the command like so: # (obviously, use "new-window" if you prefer that) my $commandShow = q{mozilla -remote "openurl(%s, new-tab)"}; #### Win32::Process::Create( my $process, "mozilla.exe", # maybe needs absolute path, dunno "", 0, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, "." ) || die ErrorReport() if system(mozilla => -remote => 'ping()');