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Try $text->insert('1.0', qx[$got]).

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Re: Re: Reading from the screen
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 18, 2003 at 02:42 UTC
    thanks, it worked, but could you explain how qx does it?
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      The 'qx' keyword is just another way to write the back quote (`). The code -
      $n = qx/ $got /;

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      is equivalent to
      $n = `$got`;

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      What it does is to execute the $got command, and capture its output to a scalar.

      You should have a look on CPAN perlop under the section "Quote and Quote-like Operators".

      Update: Thanks to ysth to point out my typo.

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