Thanx. That worked. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 12:45 PM To: AITHA, BHEEMSEN (SBCSI); [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Perl-unix-users] How to grab the output (return code) of a shellscript
You could do something like this: $check_return = system "runthis"; print "\'runthis\' exited with code \'$check_return\'\n" if ($check_return != 0); Matthew Schneider System Administrator / Programmer SKLD Information Services, LLC 303.820.0863 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of AITHA, BHEEMSEN (SBCSI) Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 1:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Perl-unix-users] How to grab the output (return code) of a shellscript Hi, I am executing a shell script using the 'system' command from a PERL script. I want to grab the return code(output) from the shell script and validate it in my PERL script. Cam someone please explain me how to do that. Thanx.. -Bheemsen _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs