[MacPerl] running perl script via Applescript

[William Neuhauser <willn@quando.com>]

I'm sure this is going to be straightforward, but it is eluding me.

I'd like to execute a perl script from [another application via] applescript.

In applescript pseudocode, something like

tell application "MacPerl"
set r to Run Script "validate.pl"
return r
end tell

What would be the right code?

Do I have to save the perl script as droplet or runtime version or anything first?

How do I get the perl script to return a string that applescript will get into the return result ('r' above)? Does 'print "my result";' work?

How do I pass data to 'validate.pl' (via 'stdin')?


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