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Hi, I tried the $output = 'command' method but it doesn't seem to work. $output is empty and does not contain anything.
With the open command, could you give me a clue of what does it actually do ?
Thanks for your help
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Re: Re: Re: executing commands and getting output
by rnahi (Curate) on Sep 05, 2003 at 08:29 UTC 
    $output = `command`;
#         ^       ^
#         |       |

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    The quotes around command are backticks (ASCII 96, hex 60), not single quotes.

    As an alternative, you may use 

    $output = qx(command);

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