>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Fuerst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Matt> How do I execute a shell command in perl?
With the backtick operator:
$result = `ls`;
Matt> Also I want to check the return status of the shell command,
Matt> can I just assign a variable to it and check to see the value
Matt> of the variable once the command is complete?
Sort of. The backtick operator returns the output of the process,
rather than a return code. For that, we have the system() function.
$return_code = system('ls');
Hope this helps. perldoc -f system for more.
- Chris.
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