Thanks Thomas.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Bätzler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 09 June 2005 09:50 AM
> To: 'Perl Beginners'
> Cc: Tielman Koekemoer (TNE)
> Subject: RE: Read output from script line by line
>
> Tielman Koekemoer (TNE) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
> > Is there a way you read input from a script line by line.
> I'd rather
> > parse output line by line than do: @out = `script.sh`; which seems
> > sloppy. Or is that the best way?
>
> No, not really.
>
> You can do a "pipe open" like this
>
> my $code = '/path/to/your/script';
> my @args = qw( -x -y -z );
>
> open( IN, '-|', $code, @args ) or die "Can't spawn '$code':
$!";
>
> and then leisurely read your input:
>
> while( my $line = <IN> ){
> # do something
> }
>
> In any case, I recommend that you read the perlopentut and
> perlipc manpages for thw whole story ;-)
>
> HTH,
> Thomas
>
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