Re^4: Problem with ampersand and regex

It is being filled by the output of a system call to ldapsearch. Thank you.

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Re^5: Problem with ampersand and regex by frozenwithjoy (Priest) on Dec 19, 2012 at 21:18 UTC
What if you use backticks (`ldapsearch`) instead of `system("ldapsearch")`. When I put `mail: asdf@123.com` in a file and called @array = `cat file`, your script worked, but not when using `@array = system("cat file")`. Take a look at What's the difference between Perl's backticks, system, and exec?. The `system()` call returns the exit status, not the actual result (STDOUT) of the command like the backtick operator does.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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`ldapsearch`

system("ldapsearch")

mail: asdf@123.com

@array = `cat file`

@array = system("cat file")

Take a look at What's the difference between Perl's backticks, system, and exec?. The system() call returns the exit status, not the actual result (STDOUT) of the command like the backtick operator does.