Here's another way, which I suppose is simply an alternative to the system call: Notice how you just print the *value* from the captured backtick in the following line:
perl -e '$c=`clear`; print "Testing ...\n"; sleep 1 ; print $c;' Matt --- Hewlett Pickens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Invoking a Perl script from a TN3270 terminal (Linux/390) > > Want to issue the shell "clear" command to clear the screen. > > Using Bash shell 1.14.7(1) > > "clear" works ok from the command line. > > Does not clear the screen when issued from the script. Displays 1 > instead > > Have tried these "syntaxes" (if that's a word) > > my $x = `clear`; > my $x = qx(clear); > `clear`; > > Thanks, > > Hewlett Pickens > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
