#! perl -slw use strict; use threads; sub thread { my $output = ''; open CMD, '-|', q[ perl -E"say( qq[$$:saying $_] ), warn( qq[$$:warning $_\n] ), sleep(1) for 1 .. 4" 2>&1 ] or die $!; $output .= $_ while ; close CMD; return $output; } printf "Got\n'%s'\n", $_->join for map threads->create( \&thread ), 1 .. 4; __END__ C:\test>t-junk Got '33168:warning 1 33168:warning 2 33168:warning 3 33168:warning 4 33168:saying 1 33168:saying 2 33168:saying 3 33168:saying 4 ' Got '30208:warning 1 30208:warning 2 30208:warning 3 30208:warning 4 30208:saying 1 30208:saying 2 30208:saying 3 30208:saying 4 ' Got '15844:warning 1 15844:warning 2 15844:warning 3 15844:warning 4 15844:saying 1 15844:saying 2 15844:saying 3 15844:saying 4 ' Got '15032:warning 1 15032:warning 2 15032:warning 3 15032:warning 4 15032:saying 1 15032:saying 2 15032:saying 3 15032:saying 4 '