Perl script from bash

[rmcdona2]

Hi,

I was hoping to run a perl script I had written from a bash script. Currently I am using command substitution:

$(perl myPerlScript.pl "argument")

The problem is the perl script requires a couple user interactions and when I run the bash script it won't seem to run it properly. Is there any way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

[likwid]

The $() construct is for executing the code inside the parens, and substituting its output. You want to remove the $ and parens.

[likwid]

Well I think technically, $() means execute in a subshell, but most of the time when I use it, it's for getting a program's output into a variable.

[rmcdona2]

That was easy. I appreciate the clarification.