use IPC::Run3 qw(run3); my @cmd = ('perl', 'timestamp.pl'); run3 \@cmd, undef, \&out, \&err; sub out { print time(), " out: $_\n"; } sub err { print time(), " err: $_\n"; } __END__ # The problem is that run3 buffers the output. 1215162770 out: 1215162760 info 1215162770 out: 1215162760 info 1215162770 out: 1215162761 info 1215162770 out: 1215162761 info 1215162770 out: 1215162761 info 1215162770 out: 1215162761 info 1215162770 out: 1215162762 info 1215162770 out: 1215162762 info 1215162770 out: 1215162762 info 1215162770 out: 1215162763 info