---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matthew Topper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jul 17, 2007 6:17 AM Subject: Re: Executing commands through Perl To: Teresa Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It sounds like Perl might be overkill for this. Personally, anytime I find myself using the system call all the time, I seriously think about either using a module, or just a simple bash script. Although, Perl certainly can do it with little trouble, if you just want to get it working. In any event, I really don't like the system call, or backticks for that matter. On 7/16/07, Teresa Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, Its my first time (first day actually!) using Perl and I would like some help in performing some relatively simple operations. My program outputs two columns of text based data. I want to parse this information, extract some contents and send the contents (which are actually program names) to yum, to be installed into a Unix machine. Currently, I'm extracting the names using "split" command and pushing the program names into an array. I want to know how to call a command line utility (like yum or rpm) through Perl. Does this require any additional libraries? Advice on any alternate/better way of achieving the same would be great! Thanks, Teresa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
