Thanks a million for the response. I wanted to include the shell script, abc, as I want to access a variable. The shell script, abc, actually takes a value (val) from the user. I want to use that value (val) in my perl porgram. Is that possible?
ie., I will now call abc in my perl program using system "/home/xxx/yyy/abc"; The script, abc, asks for a value, val, from the user. After its execution, I want to use val in my perl program. Can you suggest the procedure to use val in my Perl program? Thanks & Regards, Lakshmi 952-833-1220 -----Original Message----- From: Adriano Ferreira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 2:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: ksh in a perl program On 6/6/06, Lakshmi Sailaja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I include a korn shell script in a perl program? Not include, but you certainly can execute a shell script from within a Perl program. > I have done the following but I get a compilation failed error. > abc is the ksh script. > ----------------------------------------------------- > require "/home/xxx/yyy/abc"; 'require' is to load *Perl* modules - your script as you said is for ksh. Even though Perl has a lot of the natural feeling of shell scripts, it does not parse shell scripting language. Many scripts may be translated to Perl with little additional work (possibly adding a bunch of quotes and colons). You may try something like system "/home/xxx/yyy/abc"; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
