in reply to Re^2: scp output without having to use "Net::SCP" in Perl
in thread scp output without having to use "Net::SCP" in Perl

Try adding a double dash after the command to stop option processing: 
system("/usr/bin/scp", "--", $output, "$USER\@$host:/tmp/LOGS/");

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