my $CLIENT = "lftp";
my $connectionString =  "" . $CLIENT . " -d -f script.ftp 2>&1";
my $result = `$connectionString` or die "\nERROR running $CLIENT: $!";
return $result;

##</code><code>##

[chris@pineapple ss64]$ >bar
[chris@pineapple ss64]$ lftp -d -f foo > bar
---- Resolving host address...
---- 1 address found: 64.131.79.110
Password:
[chris@pineapple ss64]$ cat bar
[chris@pineapple ss64]$ lftp -d -f foo > bar 2>&1
Password:
[chris@pineapple ss64]$ cat bar
---- Resolving host address...
---- 1 address found: 64.131.79.110
[chris@pineapple ss64]$