#! /usr/bin/perl open(TODO, "todo") || die "Could not open todo list: $!"; my $cur = 10; my $string= 'habak -mc 250,250,0,255 -hI INT -hI int '; while() { my $line = $_; chomp $line; $string .= "-mc 255,0,0,255 -mp 10,$cur -ht \'$line\' "; $cur +=40; } print "String is $string"; system($string);