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How to pass an argument to a perl script

 my @return = `at now +3 days -f test2.pl myargument 2>&1`;

How do I pass that myargument to my script test2.pl? In that code it returns an error.

Solution

  • According to the documentation for at on my system, it reads bourne shell commands to be executed from from the file specified with -f or STDIN.

    As such, the following should do the trick:

    `printf %s 'test2.pl myargument' | at now +3 days 2>&1`;