I am seeking to execute a simple system command within a perl program:

mail myname@whatever.com -s "Comments -- Version: $Version ID:  $ID" < blah6.txt

basically, I want to be able to send mail based on the contents of a text file and with a few key variables ($Version, $ID) in the subject line to myself. This command

system('mail','myname@whatever.com','-s','Comments -- Version: $Version ID:  $ID','<','blah6.txt');

does not yield optimal results. It sends an email correctly, but the email is blank instead of filled with blah6.txt, and the two variables in the subject line are not recognized. Any ideas what is going on with this? What am I doing wrong?

Also, if there is an easier way of accomplishing what I described, I'd be glad to hear it.

--blanket

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