-> more bug*
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bugSTDOUT.pl
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#!/usr/bin/perl
print STDOUT "Running bugSTDOUTb.pl with backticks\n";
print STDOUT "stdout from bugSTDOUTb.pl=" . `bugSTDOUTb.pl` . "\n";
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bugSTDOUTb.pl
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#!/usr/bin/perl
print STDOUT "Running bugSTDOUTc.pl with system()\n";
system('bugSTDOUTc.pl');
print STDOUT "$0 done\n";
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bugSTDOUTc.pl
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#!/usr/bin/perl
print STDOUT "Hello world!\n";

##</code><code>##

->  bugSTDOUT.pl
Running bugSTDOUTb.pl with backticks
stdout from bugSTDOUTb.pl=Running bugSTDOUTc.pl with system()
Hello world!
/u/geaaron/bin/bugSTDOUTb.pl done

##</code><code>##

D:\My\Tools>bugSTDOUT.pl
Running bugSTDOUTb.pl with backticks
stdout from bugSTDOUTb.pl=Running bugSTDOUTc.pl with system()
D:\My\Tools\bugSTDOUTb.pl done