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RE: Running External Commandsby le (Friar) |
on Jun 06, 2000 at 14:00 UTC ( [id://16574]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
system() doesn't gather the output of the executed program, it just returns the exit status. With backticks, you can collect the output. You could also open a pipe from a command:
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