yes u doing wrong.
try using the backticks...ie (SHIFT+tilde) ... on my 101 keyboard anyway.
$info = `jpginfo MS.JPG`;
forget system() as this returns the programs exit code (in your case 0 which
probably means no error) and u want the programs output.
hth
t0by
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Swetha Jain [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 3:01 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: How to get values ????
>
> Thank you for your help. I tried this way
>
> my $info = system('jpgnfo MS.JPG');
>
> print qq| the values are $info|;
>
>
>
> I got 0 to $info variable. Am I doing some thing wrong ???
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Swetha.
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Toby Stuart
> >To: "'Swetha Jain'"
> >CC: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'"
> >Subject: RE: How to get values ????
> >Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:45:06 +1000
> >
> >u could try:
> >
> > $info = `jpginfo MS.JPG`;
> >
> >and see if $info contains anything useful.
> >
> >hth
> >
> >t0by
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Swetha Jain [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 2:45 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: How to get values ????
> > >
> > > Hi all,> > "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
> > >
> > > I have one program (executable) which returns some values when I
> execute
> > > from the Unix prompt. How can I get those values into a perl variable.
>
> > >
> > > Here is the example.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > system(' jpginfo MS.JPG') it returns some properties of image like
> > > these
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > geometry: 32x32
> > > depth: 8
> > > filesize: 1061b
> > > interlace: None
> > > background-color: gray74
> > > border-color: gray74
> > > matte-color: gray74
> > > compression: JPEG
> > > runlength packets: 945 of 1024
> > > tainted: False
> > > signature: xxxxazxxzwaswww
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > How can I capture these values to perl variable?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I appreciate any ones help.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Swetha Jain.
> > >
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