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Trying to run a Linux/Unix bash command from the web, possible or need CGI?

I need to create a bash file with a few commands. What I'm trying to do is a web interface to copy a directory into another directory and vice versa (two hyperlinks).

One link I want it to do:
cp /var/www/test /var/www/backup/test022207
cp /var/www/live /var/www/test

The other link I want:
cp /var/www/live /var/www/backup/live022207
cp /var/www/test /var/www/live

Not sure if it's possible to run a bash command from the web or I have to use Perl/CGI to do it. Any idea how I would accomplish this?
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CGI can talk to a bash script, or any other executable
you can also run scripts through telnet or ssh
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By 'CGI' do you mean the procol that HTTP uses to comunicate with applications, or do you mean the Perl module that contains fuctions for using this protocol?
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Scripting Languages

A scripting language is a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Scripting languages are often interpreted (rather than compiled). Primitives are usually the elementary tasks or API calls, and the language allows them to be combined into more complex programs. Environments that can be automated through scripting include software applications, web pages within a web browser, the shells of operating systems (OS), embedded systems, as well as numerous games. A scripting language can be viewed as a domain-specific language for a particular environment; in the case of scripting an application, this is also known as an extension language.

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