Question

If I run a Perl script from a command prompt (c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe), how can I exit the command prompt after the script finishes executing.

I tried system("exit 0") inside the Perl script but that doesn’t exit the cmd prompt shell from where the Perl script is running.

I also tried exit; command in the Perl script, but that doesn’t work either.

Answer 1

If you’re starting the command shell just to run the perl script, the answer by Arkaitz Jimenez should work (I voted for it.)

If not, you can create a batch file like runmyscript.bat, with content:

@echo off
perl myscript.pl
exit

The exit will end the shell session (and as a side effect, end the batch script itself.)