my $afile='dir1/firstfile.txt'; my $bfile='dir2/secondfile.txt'; my $bash_command='learn.sh '.$afile.' '.$bfile.' |'; open(my $output,$bash_command) or die $!; while(my $line=<$output>){ print "$line"; } #### my $afile='dir1/firstfile.txt'; my $bfile='dir2/secondfile.txt'; @args = ("learn.sh", $afile, $bfile); system(@args) == 0 or die "system @args failed: $?" #### my $output=`learn.sh $afile $bfile`;