#This is just the command to be called in execu my $inputfile="perloutput"; my $endfile=".txt "; my $smb="> "; my $outputfile="output"; my $smb2="&"; while ($index<16) { my $testpath="chirp_md5sum "; $testpath=$testpath.$inputfile.$index.$endfile.$smb.$outputfile.$index.$endfile.$smb2; chomp $testpath; print ("$testpath \n"); $id=fork(); if($id eq 0) { exec ($testpath); wait(); exit(); } $index++; }