in reply to Re: Re: Re: Using awk within system() or open()
in thread Using awk within system() or open()

D'oh!

You're right. Try this instead:

open(UPTOP, q(cat /proc/uptime | awk '{ print $1 } |'));

Actually, shouldn't it be:

open(UPTOP, q(cat /proc/uptime | awk '{ print $1 }'|));

or even (avoiding the "useless use of cat")

open(UPTOP, q(awk '{ print $1 }' /proc/uptime |));
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