https://bioinformaticsonline.com/snippets/view/42919/perl-ipcopen2-module? https://bioinformaticsonline.com/snippets/view/42919/perl-ipcopen2-module Sat, 27 Feb 2021 01:29:04 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/snippets/view/42919/perl-ipcopen2-module syntax: $output = open2(\*CHLD_OUT, \*CHLD_IN, 'command arg1 arg2'); It runs a process for both reading and writing and creates a pipe to both STDIN and STDOUT. It can be used in both ways: $output = open2(my $out, my $in, 'command arg1 arg2'); OR without using the shell $output = open2(my $out, my $in, 'command', 'arg1', 'arg2'); You can read about it more in the documentation: IPC::Open2.]]> Neel