On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Poonam P wrote: > I need to capture the numeric value of qmail-qstat in some variable > and process it further in a Perl Shell Scrip.
umm, what is qmail-qstat and what do you mean by value? anyway, there are two ways to capture the `value' of a program in perl - depending on what you mean by value. if you meant the output of the program, then do this: my $output = `qmail-qstat`; # you may have to give the full path. if you meant the return value, then do this: system "qmail-qstat"; my $output = $?<<8; of course, read man perlvar to fully understand what $? is and how to use it correctly. What I've given above is by no means complete, you *must* read the man pages to complete it. man perlvar - for $? man perlop - for `` perldoc -f system - for system -- The last thing one knows in constructing a work is what to put first. -- Blaise Pascal _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
