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I have a perl script which internally calls a shell script. My problem is that the shell script should be passed command line arguments. I call a shell script ... 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Ihaveaperlscriptwhichinternallycallsashellscript.Myproblemisthattheshellscriptshouldbepassedcommandlinearguments. Icallashellscriptfromperlusing: system("sript.sh"); HowdoIpasscommandlineargumentstotheshellscript? Pleaseadvise. regards, Guru gurukottur ViewPublicProfileforgurukottur Findallpostsbygurukottur # 2  10-05-2006 nathan RegisteredUser 168, 0 JoinDate:Jul2006 LastActivity:15February2012,11:03AMEST Posts:168 ThanksGiven:0 Thanked0Timesin0Posts Code: system("sript.shARG1ARG2...ARGN-1ARGN"); Itshouldbejustlikeashellcommand. nathan ViewPublicProfilefornathan Findallpostsbynathan # 3  10-05-2006 cbkihong RegisteredUser 1,622, 11 JoinDate:Sep2002 LastActivity:4May2014,6:22AMEDT Location:HongKong,China Posts:1,622 ThanksGiven:0 Thanked11Timesin10Posts Or,forinstance, Code: system("ls","-l"); cbkihong ViewPublicProfileforcbkihong Findallpostsbycbkihong # 4  10-05-2006 mahendramahendr RegisteredUser 222, 1 JoinDate:Dec2005 LastActivity:22August2008,8:28AMEDT Location:London Posts:222 ThanksGiven:0 Thanked1Timein1Post qx(echo"Hai"); mahendramahendr ViewPublicProfileformahendramahendr Findallpostsbymahendramahendr LoginorRegistertoAskaQuestion PreviousThread | NextThread 10MoreDiscussionsYouMightFindInteresting 1.ShellProgrammingandScripting Callingperlfromshellscript Iamcallingaperlscriptfromshellscript. $catmah_appln_bkp_oln.ksh #!/bin/ksh ./udb/home/udbappln/.profile ./udb/home/udbappln/sqllib/db2profile Com=/udb/udbappln/utility/systemscripts/currentUMR perl$Com/backup.pl-ddbname--tsm--purgetsmcopies21--purgetsmlogs exit0 ...(1Reply) Discussionstartedby:ilugopal 1Replies 2.ShellProgrammingandScripting callingashellscriptpresentonanotherserverusingperlscript. 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