I'm new to perl scripting and trying to source .bash_profile file and then do cd to the directory. below is the content of the .bash_profile file:

# .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi
# User specific environment and startup programs
export CTC_HOME=/Inf/work/
#PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin
#export PATH

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below is the script i'm trying to create:

#!/bin/perl
#
use strict;
use warnings;

if(-s "/cs/ctc/.bash_profile"){
`source ~/.bash_profile`;
}else {
print "The file doesnot exists","\n";
exit 1;
}
my $dir = "cd $CTC_HOME";
chdir($dir);

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But, getting below error:

Global symbol "$CTC_HOME" requires explicit package name at ./program.
+pl line 12.
Execution of ./program.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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Any help is most welcome!!!

In reply to source a file in Linux using perl script by perl_007

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