Re: How to run a shell script from a Perl program?

[DeadPoet]

If you want the PID, STDOUT, and STDERR, use IPC::Open3.

Example:

use IPC::Open3;

local (*IN, *OUT, *ERR);
my $pid = eval{
  open3( \*IN, \*OUT, \*ERR, 'my_command', 'my_command_args' );
};
if ($@) {
  warn ($@);
}
## capture your output, if needed...
## wait on the pid...
wait( $pid, 0 );