Nelson Wong wrote: > > Hi all, Hello,
> I have been doing redirect the output of command (an external tool, exe) > to a file, by doing following: > > system( "tool.exe args args args > tempoutput"); > > and I read tempoutput to a list, by doing following: > > my $FIN = new FileHandle; > open ($FIN,$map_file); You should _ALWAYS_ verify that the file opened correctly. > my @lines = <FIN>; > > So that I can parse it for another purpose. > > Now, I wonder if there is any way I can redirect the output of tool.exe > to a list directly? Yes there is: my @lines = qx(tool.exe args args args); John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
