hello Liz and thanks for helping, > I believe you could use App::Rak for that: > $ zef install App::Rak
I'll test rak at some point but in this case, I can just write dpkg-query -f \${db-fsys:Files} -W gnuplot\* | raku -pe '.=trim; .say if .trim.IO.f' I asked the question about qx() and run because because I still have the "removing bash with raku" in mind and this is typically the kind of things where both tools comes with flaws. It would be nice to define a backtrick operator (like in rc) so we could write my @installed-files = grep *.IO.f, map *.trim, `< dpkg-query -f ${db-fsys:Files} -W gnuplot* >; insead of my @installed-files = grep *.IO.f, map *.trim, ( run :out, < dpkg-query -f ${db-fsys:Files} -W gnuplot* > ).out.lines; regards, -- Marc Chantreux Pôle de Calcul et Services Avancés à la Recherche (CESAR) http://annuaire.unistra.fr/p/20200