#!/usr/bin/perl -w my $swap = { one => "ONE", two => "TWO", three => "THREE", a_var => "a", hash => {a => 1, b => 2}, code => sub {"($_[0])"}, }; my $txt = "[% one %][% two %][% three %][% hash.keys.join %] [% code(one).length %] [% hash.\$a_var %]\n"; ###----------------------------------------------------------------### my $module; if (! fork) { $module = 'CGI::Ex::Template'; $0 = "perl $module"; } elsif (! fork) { $module = 'Template'; $0 = "perl $module"; } if ($module) { my $pm = "$module.pm"; $pm =~ s|::|/|g; require $pm; my $t = $module->new(ABSOLUTE => 1); my $out = ''; $t->process(\$txt, $swap, \$out); print $out; } sleep 15; # go and check the 'ps fauwx|grep perl' ###----------------------------------------------------------------###