Re: How do I execute a list of Unix commands from inside a perl program

[btrott]

With extreme care.

If you must do this, look at the system and exec commands in order to actually execute the commands. Pay particular attention to the multi-argument forms of both those functions, and use them, if possible--they're more secure.

Also, read perlsec and run in taint mode (-T), and do security checks on the commands that the server receives.