PERL Beginners - Using positional variables with su

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Using positional variables with su

mr_scary

2006-09-29, 7:57 am

I would like to invoke a Perl script using a non-root user, say
sql_user.

# su - sql_user -c 'command var1'

But the positional variable is not recognized. How do I gain access to
it?

Peter

Manish

2006-09-29, 6:57 pm

what error do you get?

mr_scary wrote:
> I would like to invoke a Perl script using a non-root user, say
> sql_user.
>
> # su - sql_user -c 'command var1'
>
> But the positional variable is not recognized. How do I gain access to
> it?
>
> Peter

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