Re: Executing Shell Commands

2002-04-15 Thread Chris Ball
> "Matt" == Matt Fuerst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matt> How do I execute a shell command in perl? With the backtick operator: $result = `ls`; Matt> Also I want to check the return status of the shell command, Matt> can I just assign a variable to it and check to see the v

Executing Shell Commands

2002-04-15 Thread Matt Fuerst
How do I execute a shell command in perl? Also I want to check the return status of the shell command, can I just assign a variable to it and check to see the value of the variable once the command is complete? Thanks! Matt Fuerst www.jackasscritics.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTEC