#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use autodie ':all'; my @commands = ( 'set -vx', 'pwd', "cd $ENV{HOME}", 'pwd', 'date', "/usr/bin/bash --rcfile $ENV{HOME}/tmp/pm_11133222_rcfile -i", ); system qw{/usr/bin/xterm -e}, join ';', @commands;