Hello Monks , I have a simple question , I am trying to store the result of pinging a server in a variable as follow : 
my $output = `ping $host`;

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However, when I print the output : 
print "ping result $output\n";

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it doesn't look like when you run it on a DOS command ,, The result of the script will look somthing like this : 
Reply from 10.58.188.11: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=123 Reply from 10.58.1
+88.11: bytes=32 time=146ms TTL=123 Reply from 10.58.188.11: bytes=32 
+time=60ms TTL=123 Reply from 10.58.188.11: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=123

Ping statistics for 10.58.188.11:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate r
+ound trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 60ms, Maximum =  146ms, Average =  81ms

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I need it to look somthing like : 
Reply from 10.58.188.11: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=123 
Reply from 10.58.188.11: bytes=32 time=146ms TTL=123 
Reply from 10.58.188.11: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=123 
Reply from 10.58.188.11: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=123

Ping statistics for 10.58.188.11:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate r
+ound trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 60ms, Maximum =  146ms, Average =  81ms

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Just like the way it appears when ran on the command line , any thoughts ? thanks in advance

In reply to formatting the output by Anonymous Monk

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