in reply to Erroneous Whitespace

local $_ = qx{$command 2>&1};
chomp;
return wantarray ? ($_, $? >> 8) : $_;

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If you really wanted to return the text in $_, remove local.

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Re^2: Erroneous Whitespace
by lokista (Initiate) on May 29, 2014 at 20:07 UTC
    Thank you for the response. After seeing your suggestion and a little tweaking, I am getting the expected results.
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