Good day monks, I have a quick question. I am trying to use the output of umask to print output with the following code. 
$confirm_SysUmask = `umask`;

    if ($confirm_SysUmask =~ m/^0037$/)
    {
                #if umask output equals 0037
        print "SUCCESS: System umask set correctly ($confirm_SysUmask)
+\n";
    }
    else
    {
                #if umask output not equal to 0037
        print "ERROR: System umask incorrect ($confirm_SysUmask)\n";
    }

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For some reason the string won't capture the output of umask. (The string just shows up blank)Is there something I'm missing? Thanks in advance.

In reply to Backticks to capture umask output by austin43

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