Re: How do I get both the return value and text? backticks vs. system()

Use backticks to get output from an executed program. Check $? for the error returned.

A pipe would work in this case, but backticks are probably simpler.

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Re: Answer: How do I get both the return value and text? backticks vs. system() by david2008 (Scribe) on Sep 09, 2013 at 14:42 UTC
Update: I got confused between $? and $!. Sorry Hi I suspect that we can not rely on $? alone. From this perlmonks post $! having a non-false value is not an indication anything is wrong. BR, David	[reply]