#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use diagnostics; use Data::Dumper; my $server="rprint1"; my $num = qx{/usr/bin/lpstat -h $server -W not-completed|wc -l}; print Dumper "$num"; my $server1='rlinux1'; my $num2 = qx{/usr/bin/lpstat -h $server1 -W not-completed|wc -l}; print Dumper "$num2";