How can I run Perl system commands in the background?

Question

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use warnings; use strict;
use 5.012;
use IPC::System::Simple qw(system);

system( \'xterm\', \'-geometry\', \'80x25-5-5\', \'-bg\', \'green\', \'         


        

Answer 1

Have you tried?

system('xterm -geometry 80x25-5-5 -bg green &');

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