I think I read somewhere that I can get a response from that command as well like a boolean or error level...

If the return value of system() is positive, it contains the return value of the command you called and some other information. This is also available via the special variable $?. This is how you can get at that information (straight out of the docs):

$exit_value  = $? >> 8;
$signal_num  = $? & 127;
$dumped_core = $? & 128;
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If system() returns a -1, that means it couldn't start the program at all. In which case, it will give you the reason in the $! special variable.

Could anyone point me in the right direction???

Sure... perldoc -f system

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