re: calling a UNIX command in a perl script

[thutmose]

Hi,



This is a very basic question for a basic starter perl scripter.


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{ How do I call a unix command here thanks

 

[MattMcGinnis]

It really depends on what you want to do with the command. If you just want to execute some command and don't need to get any output, then you can use the system command. The syntax is like:

system(&quot;command here&quot;

If you need output then you can do something like this using backticks.

$output=`command here`;

Now $output has the results of the command.

Also check out the &quot;exec&quot; function in the perl documentation.

MattMcGinnis