I don't know what that variable

If in the shell you do:
echo $$ and it prints
then in perl do:
my $file = $ENV{\$}



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Jay Salzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:05 AM
Subject: [vox-tech] perl question: ENV


> i need access to the shell variable $$.   tried this:
> 
> my $file = $ENV{$};
> 
> which didn't work.  i managed to do it with:
> 
> my $file = `echo $$`;
> 
> but i'm curious -- is there a way to access $$ with the ENV hash?
> 
> pete
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