Hi rgt, Thanks for the reply. I tried using the following but it looks like the command doesnt get executed from the CGI : 
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "content-type: text/html \n\n";
# SET UP THE TABLE
print "<table border='1'>";
print "<th>Test</th><th>Value</th><th>Expected Value</th><th>Result</t
+h>";
$b=`/usr/bin/who>>/root/abcd.txt`;
print "$array[1]\n\n";
#print "VALUE IS $b\n\n";
print "<tr><td>".$b."</td>";

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When I run this from the command prompt, it the gives the correct output.

Any idea where I am going wrong ?

Thanks.

In reply to Re^2: System commands using CGI by nikhilB
in thread System commands using CGI by nikhilB

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