note space_monk <p>In order to use a shell script with perl, you can either use backticks to issue the command, or use the system command. <p>However, the first question would be 'why?', as normally Perl is capable of anything that can be done in a normal shell script. <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-880879"> A Monk aims to give answers to those who have none, and to learn from those who know more. </div></div> 1004931 1004931