#!/usr/bin/perl
my $exitcode ;
my $output='';
my $error='';
# take copies of the file descriptors
open(OLDOUT, ">&STDOUT");
open(OLDERR, ">&STDERR");
#close current outs as per manual of open
close(STDOUT)                       or die "Can't close STDOUT: $!";
close(STDERR)                       or die "Can't close STDERR: $!";

# redirect stdout and stderr
open(STDOUT, '>' ,\$output )  or die "Can't redirect stdout: $!";
#open(STDOUT, '>' ,"kk.txt" )  or die "Can't redirect stdout: $!";
open(STDERR, '>' ,\$error )            or die "Can't redirect stderr: $!";

printf "Before system\n";

# run the program
system("echo I cant get this into a variable");
$exitcode=($? >>8);
printf "After System\n";

# close the redirected filehandles
close(STDOUT)                       or die "Can't close STDOUT: $!";
close(STDERR)                       or die "Can't close STDERR: $!";

# restore stdout and stderr
open(STDOUT, ">&OLDOUT")            or die "Can't restore stdout: $!";
open(STDERR, ">&OLDERR")            or die "Can't restore stderr: $!";

# avoid leaks by closing the independent copies
close(OLDOUT)                       or die "Can't close OLDOUT: $!";
close(OLDERR)                       or die "Can't close OLDERR: $!";

printf "Exitcode: %d\n" ,($exitcode);
printf "still here\n";
print $output ;
print $error ;