system 'echo "r\ny\nr" | phylip sub_program_1';

Hurray... it runs perfectly well :-) Your observation, to include "\n" after each alphabet is correct way to run "phylip"

you wrote in Re^3.. 
Try

system 'echo "rYr" | phylip sub_program_1';
or
system 'echo -e "r\nY\nr" | phylip sub_program_1';

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By giving "\n" and "- e", "phylip" was overfed. So, It didn't work that time.

After you have explained function of "-e" and "-n" in Re^5, I removed "-e" and it worked perfectly well.

I appreciate your help,

Cheers

Chak

In reply to Re^6: How to execute external programs from perl script by chak9988
in thread How to execute external programs from perl script by chak9988

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