Newbie: How to execute a perl script?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 08, 2001 3:19 pm

I want to be able to execute a PERL script in a TCL script, how do I do this?

Mikee · Post by **Mikee** » Thu Nov 08, 2001 3:44 pm

simply:

exec perlscript.pl <any arguments>

Just make sure the perl interpreter is specified correctly in perlscript.pl. (#! /usr/bin/perl ...for example).

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 08, 2001 4:08 pm

Thanks, is it any way to get the return of the script as well?

Mikee · Post by **Mikee** » Thu Nov 08, 2001 4:22 pm

Yes I believe it is:

set pScriptRetVal [exec pscript.pl <arg>]

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 08, 2001 4:46 pm

Thanks for the help on this one too..