NEW! perl script inside a shell script??

[Anonymous Monk]

I need to call a long perl script from a shell program..it needs to be like that, since the shell program is very big. any ideas? i'm new to this stuff,help!!

[Anonymous Monk]

(sorry, I didn' know this would line-wrapt)
(I realize I'm responding to an old post)
#! /bin/sh

# the shell script can be arbitrarily long

echo $SHELL
echo line filtered by pearl | perl -x $0

exit
# the previous line must not be removed

(this is a void in the script as the shell nor perl will execute)

# the following must not be removed
#! perl
# it can also be the full path of perl - the -x only looks for a #! and perl on the line though.

# the following perl script must be come last but can be arbitrarily long

while (<>) {
s/pearl/perl/;
}

[Anonymous Monk]

(I realize I'm responding to an old post) #! /bin/sh # the shell script can be arbitrarily long echo $SHELL echo line filtered by pearl | perl -x $0 exit # the previous line must not be removed (this is a void in the script as the shell nor perl will execute) # the following must not be removed #! perl # it can also be the full path of perl - the -x only looks for a #! and perl on the line though. # the following perl script must be come last but can be arbitrarily long while (<>) { s/pearl/perl/; }