ww@GIG:~/pl_test$ perl -e '@var=`success.pl`;print @var;\n;'
wheelerw@GIG:~/pl_test$

# nada (addressed in a prior reply)

ww@GIG:~/pl_test$ perl -e '@var=system("success.pl") or die "cant run"; print "@var \n";'
-1
ww@GIG:~/pl_test$

# system error; see reply above

ww@GIG:~/pl_test$ perl -e '@var=`success.pl`;print "@var\n";'

ww@GIG:~/pl_test$

# note blank line between prompts

ww@GIG:~/pl_test$ perl success.pl
Success Ran Here
ww@GIG:~/pl_test$

# newline added in 'print $var . "\n";' in *nix script

=cut