So, here's what I am trying to do. I am trying to obtain information about a computer and print it to a file. My approach is to use 'qq//' to put and format the information collected and then print it as a block to a file. I wanted to issue a function call to neatly place stars in the document to separate each data segment (see my failed print "*"x 80 line). How do you make a function call in qq//? 

 
sub find_system_info {
    my $file_handle = shift;

    my $kernal_release = qx/uname -r/;
    my $partition_list = qx/fdisk/;
    my $disk_space = qx/df/;
    my $active_interfaces = qx/ifconfig/;

    my $output_basic = qq(                                            
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        'print "*" x80'                                               
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        Kernal Release: $kernal_release                               
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`       Partition List:                                               
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        $partition_list                                               
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        Disk Space:                                                   
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        $disk_space                                                   
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        Network Interfaces:                                           
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        $active_interfaces                                            
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+                );
print $file_handle  $output_basic;
}

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In reply to Function call inside qq// by carlriz

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