system("plink $server");
rest of my perl script

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chdir ($pathToCheck);
	
	
	open theInputFile, $inputFile or die "Could not read from $inputFile, program halting. \n";
	open (theOutputFile, '>', $outputFile) or die "Could not open $outputFile. \n";
	while (<theInputFile>)
	{
		chomp;
		my $fileBeingChecked = "$_";

		if (-e $fileBeingChecked)
		{
			#my $fileSize = -s $fileBeingChecked;
			my $fileSize = stat($fileBeingChecked)->size;
			my $date_string = ctime(stat($fileBeingChecked)->mtime);
			print theOutputFile "Yes, $fileSize, $date_string \n";
		}
		else
		{
			print theOutputFile "No \n";
		}

	}
	close (theOutputFile);
	close (theInputFile);