Oh Wisest ones

I am missing something when I try to capture the return code of an execution with back ticks using $?. As far as I know, $?>>8 should contain such return code, the rest of the bits containing the number of the interruption signal if any (of no interest for me in this case).

This is a Suse operating system.

When I execute my command inside the perl code, I capture a false return code zero:

  my @flush = `$command`;
  my $cr=$?>>8;
  print "$command\n";
  print "Returned $cr\n";

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Gives as a result:

/soft/perl-5.16.3/bin/perl /users/iax00/exploit/script/iax_0taskchklog
+.pl -m  --timeout='10' --success-code='0' --script='/users/iax00/expl
+oit/script/iax_0tasksimp.pl' --script-prefix='${UNXEXSCRIPT}/start /s
+oft/perl-5.16.3/bin/perl' --script-params='-m -v 2 --config-file /use
+rs/iax00/exploit/data/iaxfcverifTomcat_admin_portal.xml'
Returned 0

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But when I execute the command on the shell, the return code is 5:

[mzpiax71@yval3d80]$ /soft/perl-5.16.3/bin/perl /users/iax00/exploit/s
+cript/iax_0taskchklog.pl -m  --timeout='10' --success-code='0' --scri
+pt='/users/iax00/exploit/script/iax_0tasksimp.pl' --script-prefix='${
+UNXEXSCRIPT}/start /soft/perl-5.16.3/bin/perl' --script-params='-m -v
+ 2 --config-file /users/iax00/exploit/data/iaxfcverifTomcat_admin_por
+tal.xml'
LOGGING STYLE 1: LOGFILE /users2/iax00/log/iax_0taskchklog_20170507.lo
+g. Verbosity 0
INFO - TBE Debut du job iax_0taskchklog a 2017-05-07 15:31:33

INFO - TBE Execution du script /users/iax00/exploit/script/start /soft
+/perl-5.16.3/bin/perl /users/iax00/exploit/script/iax_0tasksimp.pl -m
+ -v 2 --config-file /users/iax00/exploit/data/iaxfcverifTomcat_admin_
+portal.xml

INFO - TBE L'execution du script a genere le code de retour 5

INFO - TBE Script /users/iax00/exploit/script/iax_0tasksimp.pl pas bie
+n execute.

INFO - TBE Fin du job iax_0taskchklog a 2017-05-07 15:31:35

[mzpiax71@yval3d80]$ echo $?
5

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This is the first time I find this problem. But thou, oh Great PerlPath Finders, may have stumbled into it before so I humbly seek for your Wisdom.

In reply to problem retrieving return code of an execution with back ticks by luxAeterna

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