my @cups_num_jobs_cmd=("/usr/bin/lpstat ", "-h", $server, "-W not-completed"); print Dumper "cmd = @cups_num_jobs_cmd"; my @cups_num_jobs=system(@cups_num_jobs_cmd); print Dumper "cups_jobs = @cups_num_jobs"; $server_num_jobs=scalar(@cups_num_jobs); print Dumper "server_num = $server_num_jobs";