Creating a custom command shell using perl

[rickyice]

Hi I need to create a simple command shell in Perl, however I am throughly stumped on where to begin. I would like to encorporate some basic sh files into it. Any suggestions on where to start???

Anything you could give me would help
Thanks

 

[umairsiddiqui]

every perl script is cmd, just put this on very first line...

#!/usr/bin/perl

then on shell, write this cmd
(> is shell prompt)

> chmod +x script_name

and "encorporate" existing sh files in script:
use "system" (if you donot want shell script output in Perl)
or use `` (backquotes, if you want shell script output in Perl)

system("script1.sh"); #shell output not required
$var = `script2.sh`; #shell output required