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Re: Question on qx

by BUU (Prior)

on Nov 03, 2006 at 15:53 UTC ( [id://582164]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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The output of qx// is whatever the program inside's STDOUT is. In your specific case you send all of the program's STDOUT to a file, so there is none left for perl to read.

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Re^2: Question on qx by duckyd (Hermit) on Nov 03, 2006 at 17:11 UTC
if BUU's explanation wasn't enough, perhaps perlop can help	[reply]
Re^3: Question on qx by gonza (Novice) on Nov 03, 2006 at 18:29 UTC
If you're looking for the return code of the command you're running, you can use system().	[reply]
Re^4: Question on qx by BUU (Prior) on Nov 04, 2006 at 06:11 UTC
qx// also sets $?.	[reply]
Re^5: Question on qx by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 04, 2006 at 10:13 UTC

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