Passing shell variables to PERL

Hi, Is there a method to pass a shell assigned variable to perl? For ex: ABC=xyc perl -ne 'print $ABC' In awk you could use ENVIRON[varname], is there something compatible in perl. Willy Perez Liz Claiborne IT (201) 295-7011

Re: Passing shell variables to PERL

do the same in perl with the special hash named %ENV. for instance: print $ENV{'SHELL'} or you can use the env module: perldoc -f env THanks Jim $ENV{ABC} This works for me, but I don't have a good understanding of what is going on to make it work. HTH, David Willy Perez Liz Claiborne