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Re: perl system function

by trizen (Hermit)
on Mar 07, 2012 at 01:23 UTC ( [id://958192]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to perl system function

There is a newline character at the end of the device name.
This issue can be fixed by changing $device = <>; to chomp($device = <STDIN>);.

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Re^2: perl system function
by ironside (Acolyte) on Mar 07, 2012 at 02:13 UTC

    That did the trick. Thank you very much for your help.

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