Re: Re: Re: Re: The difference between [system] and `backticks` and [qx//] (on win32)

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Close...the command PRINT NL: actually won't clear the screen. NL: is the null device in VMS and if you print it, it merely drops to the next prompt. What you'd really want is TYPE/PAGE NL:

perl -e 'print reverse qw/o b n a e s/;'

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The difference between [system] and `backticks` and [qx//] (on win32) by nimdokk (Vicar) on Oct 14, 2003 at 17:29 UTC
That's right. It's been a while since I did anything with VMS. Thanks. "Ex libris un peut de tout"	[reply]

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