in reply to Re: How do I execute UNIX commands from a perl script
in thread How do I execute UNIX commands from a perl script

Just use backticks. to remove a file called file.doc all you'd have to do is put in your program `rm file.doc`; you might want to put in directories or whatever, but, I have found that to be the easiest way to execute unix command options from perl script
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