open($fh, "command |") or die "command wouldn't run...because $!\n";
@output = <$fh>;

##</code><code>##

my $command = "/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u anonymous " .
              "-h my.database.org ".
              "--execute='show databases'";
open($fh, "$command |") or die "Could not execute $command because $!\n";
@results = <$fh>;
@results = grep { /$temp_choice/} @results;

##</code><code>##

while(<$fh>)
    {
     do_something if /$temp_choice/;
    }