Imbedded awk

[Grierson, Garry (UK07)]

Is it possible to embed an existing awk script into a Perl CGI?

I a rewriting some old web based library archive material that uses awk
based scripts held on HP-UX systems. I am replacing this with an NT and Perl
based system, but it would take a lot of duplicated effort to re-do the
existing awk. I would like to be able to pass peramiters to this from within
a Perl script if possible rather than calling the existing awk script on a
separate server.

Any help appreciated.